OK.
So, the photo shoot. A tricky one since we are in the early stages of course.
Perhaps some of my thoughts can feed into this.
Something that may well drive/provide the dynamic for the piece is that
you are all people who only exist and communicate through Shakespeare. As
if - for example - you are a bunch of obsessive compulsives who are exiled
to a space imbued with the resonance of Shakespeare in many forms. So, you
take on the mantle of a character from a Shakespeare play/film...
I've chatted to Emma about the possibility of Emma Thompson from
Branagh's Much Ado. So, perhaps for the photo shoot we need to work on
such things. It can always change. As long as we have an interesting and
theatrical photo, we'll be fine.
So, for the purpose of the shoot then, let's try and costume in this mode.
Gudrun, perhaps have a look at Judi Dench as Lady Macbeth in the RSC
production with Ian McKellen. Zoe, think about Ophelia maybe, but perhaps
in a more contemporary way - look at the photo I attached from a
production I saw of hamlet in Gdansk a few years ago. It is Hamlet and
Ophelia sat on a sofa. Kevin, maybe look at Hamlet as in Branagh -
something a bit like your costume from Bloody Chamber perhaps? The rest of
you think along this vein. It doesn't have to be too literal, more
theatrical/per formative. use your imagination and bring stuff in. We can
always have a look in the costume store.
And picking up on Zoe's cinema idea, let's have popcorn and nasty big coke
cup things for the shoot. This could well be the idea! (And snogging in
the back row of course.
Can someone pass this on to Rachel, as I believe she might be having some
trouble accessing email/internet - just in case.
Nothing we do need be set as such, it is simply that I usually find myself
in this curious position, and this year it is earlier than ever.
I think we will be doing 3 performances, Saturday and Sunday then the
final Saturday with Polish students.
And PLEASE...can someone come in and help me put stuff on the blog! I'm
old and tired and I don't know how!!!! Once I've been shown, I'll be OK. I
promise!
GCR
