Time Part V Time in the Space
Time in the Theatre Space has been cut down more and more in this country, mainly due to monetary concerns. Even when a company has a permanent home and doesn't rent out space, getting on stage still comes late in the process. Why?
If designers are with you in rehearsal, why not use the stage for the benefit of all? Is the set being built on stage? Is there another show already on stage? Sometimes, but not always, and those times the actors want to be on stage. Time in the space saves time later when for some reason we crunch everything into a couple of days.
Just think for a moment of how many rehearsal spaces you have had to use, sometimes on the same show. How many times have you had to make an assimilation of what the set looks like, an idea of how long that cross will be, try and ignore the actor who has to walk through the scene to get back to their seat because their exit put them against a wall? Then discover how different everything is in the space with only days to go.
How can you play with Spatial Relationship, Topography, or Archetecture when they change depending on where you are rehearsing, and then performing? Space informs an actor's role. Time in the space solidifies that role.
Obviously if you are renting the Theatre Space, money is first and foremost in the mind. You simply can not afford to get in there and play. That's why finding a home is so important to Companies. Let's start thinking about what we want, so we can work toward that ideal not settling with what is in front of us.
If designers are with you in rehearsal, why not use the stage for the benefit of all? Is the set being built on stage? Is there another show already on stage? Sometimes, but not always, and those times the actors want to be on stage. Time in the space saves time later when for some reason we crunch everything into a couple of days.
Just think for a moment of how many rehearsal spaces you have had to use, sometimes on the same show. How many times have you had to make an assimilation of what the set looks like, an idea of how long that cross will be, try and ignore the actor who has to walk through the scene to get back to their seat because their exit put them against a wall? Then discover how different everything is in the space with only days to go.
How can you play with Spatial Relationship, Topography, or Archetecture when they change depending on where you are rehearsing, and then performing? Space informs an actor's role. Time in the space solidifies that role.
Obviously if you are renting the Theatre Space, money is first and foremost in the mind. You simply can not afford to get in there and play. That's why finding a home is so important to Companies. Let's start thinking about what we want, so we can work toward that ideal not settling with what is in front of us.
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