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April 23, 2008
Thunder Clown - Six Ring Show 04/22
- Suggestion: Ficus
- Goal: PCP
- Playfulness
- Continuity
- Patience
- Nine Scenes, One Transformation Game
Thunder Clown only had four bodies on stage tonight and it showed. The team doesn't have the capacity to run that lean yet, but they put in a monstrous effort to cover. There was a general instability around deep character exploration due to an absence of power on the back line and when that happens a lot of exposition starts to spew, and once that happens, it’s hard to look away.
In rehearsal we had a couple of our best invocations to date, and I think that the team is finally firing on all cylinders. We need to cement the idea of nodding back to our suggestion in our game and work on listening to the ideas that are coming out of the opening now that it is creating larger themes in “Thou Art” and “I am”.
For next week, I think we’ll work specifically on slower scenes again at the top, and then have fun with edits, staying away from the opening since we seem to be honing in on it.
Also, a note to self on tech. If you, as a director, don’t make sure that the tech team understands what the performance teams’ goals are for a show, tech can actually work against the performers as it tries to help.
Posted by Chuck Charbeneau at April 23, 2008 4:27 PM