Morning after Rehearsals

May 06, 2010. Pete Brooks' diary

Last night we rough blocked the first 13 minutes of the show. Martin will now re-edit the sound so that it follows more closely the structure we have for the opening scenes, then we will rechoreograph to the new edit. If it goes well we will only need to do this once, maximum twice. The aim is to get to the point where the sound is what everybody works to. Everything will be cued to sound and the sound will be continuous. I think that the opening works very well, but I think that the more difficult sections lie ahead. Nevertheless a good beginning and a good ending are extremely helpful. Volcanic activity is not affecting air traffic in the UK so Steve should arrive at lunchtime. Unfortunately I have to go back to London on the same plane, returning on Saturday.

Last night some of us went to La Cicala after the rehearsals for what can only be described as a degustation di amari (that is probably bad Italian for Amaro sampling). For those of you reading (if anyone is) who do not know what amaro is, it's a thick, browny black, bitter sweet tasting spirit a bit like alcoholic cough mixture, and its pretty much a Italian obsession. I can't think of a country that has so many bitter drinks. They even have a kind of amaro soft drink, chino I think its called. Personally I really like it although maybe last night was too much of a good thing. Particularly the Hungarian stuff, the name of which I have decided to purge forever from my consciousness.