Cabaret

On musicals as social barometers and a publicity call

9 April, 2008
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Actors and Acting, Productions
Posted by Kate Foy

Image via Wikipedia I did a radio interview this morning, part of the groundswell of publicity for Cabaret as we count down to the season’s opening next week. It was quite a relaxed 10 minutes or so in the late morning and on the national broadcaster ABC, but pitched to a more local, regional audience.

Asides, Broadway theatre, Cabaret, Empire Theatre, Musical theatre, Queensland Theatre Company

Photo shoot, make-up and corsets!

8 April, 2008
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Posted by Kate Foy

photo credit: fluzwup A night off from rehearsals but valuable nonetheless; the cast were called for the program photo shoot. It was a chance for us to see one another for the first time in costume, and to realise how powerful a role the element of body adornment plays in visual story-telling. Body-masking is the

Acting Notes, Asides, body-masking, Cabaret, Costume, rehearsal

Auf wiedersehen Sitzprobe

7 April, 2008
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Posted by Kate Foy

And with 10 days to go it’s sounding and feeling good! Tonight’s sitzprobe finished up the play. So we’ve been through all of the songs, interludes and dance numbers with the orchestra. It was not as daunting as I had expected; thrilling, yes! One or two intervals … picking your note from a great concatenation

Cabaret, sitzprobe

Production Week: Run #4 and Sitzprobe

6 April, 2008
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Posted by Kate Foy

photo credit: fr1zz It’s 11 days till opening and 10am on Sunday morning. Other people are out there having the requisite leisurely brunch and reading the papers at any one of the many coffee shops in the city. We’re in the rehearsal studio warming up bodies to Kylie Minogue dance music. It’s then over to

Acting Notes, Cabaret, music director, orchestra, sitzprobe, warmup

Week 10: Production Week Begins

5 April, 2008
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Posted by Kate Foy

Gird the loins for production week. Here we go. Day 1 for the acting company in the rehearsal studio, and it’s another run. This is what I want and need right now. I’ve written before here about losing momentum in an extended rehearsal period, and we’ve arrived at the time to get the arc of

Acting Notes, Asides, Cabaret

Week 9: Tightening the Wheel Nuts

30 March, 2008
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Posted by Kate Foy

photo credit: mag3737 Saturday: Goodness! Talk about feeling dazed and confused. This weekend was the first back after an Easter break, and 10 days away from the rehearsal room floor. To make matters worse, three of our company were absent; one on tour, and the others MIA. It was a difficult call given yesterday’s schedule

Acting Notes, Cabaret

I Guess We Have a Show

27 March, 2008
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Posted by Kate Foy

There it is for everyone to see on the side of the theatre building. Mmm … it’s real then!

Cabaret

Clayton’s Won’t Do!

23 March, 2008
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Posted by Kate Foy

OK, the rehearsal you’re having when you’re not having a rehearsal … more than a week away from the last rehearsals and I’m getting twitchy. Damn this bug! It gets in your system, you have to keep working away at it. So, yesterday trying to keep in the groove by reading the script, imaging the

Cabaret

Getting up close and personal

17 March, 2008
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Posted by Kate Foy

There comes a time in rehearsals when the director wants to go in close to a piece of text and refine things with the actors. Sometimes it’s because moments or a whole scene are not working as well as they might. Characters may have become becalmed and need a fresh injection of energy. Tonight was

Acting Notes, Asides, Cabaret

First Run: spot the holes and string the beads!

16 March, 2008
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Posted by Kate Foy

Water Court installation Queensland Art Gallery Despite the dreads a week or so back, the first run was actually a bit of a thrill. During the blocking and working phase of rehearsals so far, most of our scenes have been worked in isolation from the others. So today, it was terrific to see them all

Actors and Acting, Asides, Cabaret, rehearsals

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On musicals as social barometers and a publicity call

Photo shoot, make-up and corsets!

Auf wiedersehen Sitzprobe

Production Week: Run #4 and Sitzprobe

Week 10: Production Week Begins

Week 9: Tightening the Wheel Nuts

I Guess We Have a Show

Clayton’s Won’t Do!

Getting up close and personal

First Run: spot the holes and string the beads!