Friday, 2 July 2010
Director's notes on a sell out show!
“It is through writing that I keep a hold on life.”
Franz Kafka
Many of us involved in this production would agree with Kafka – maybe not all of us through writing, but certainly through one form of creative expression or another. We channel our anxieties, our hopes and our fears through this creativity in an attempt to make sense of our lives. Artistic expression, far from being an add-on, a form of therapy, is part of who we are: it is one of the earliest and most primal needs we experience as human beings. The need to pour our experiences into art, to form a perspective, to communicate better through it, to share our commonality with others in it, and understand ourselves more fully as a result. This need seems fundamental to the human condition.
I have wanted to make a play drawn from Kafka’s short stories for about ten years now, and am delighted that I finally have the chance to do it – and I cannot think of a better group of people to have created it with. Out of Character is made up of unique, honest and creative individuals who have been a pleasure to work with, as we have devised, discussed, rehearsed, played with and identified with these extraordinary and yet little known stories from one of the 20th Century’s greatest writers.
Juliet Forster
Franz Kafka
Many of us involved in this production would agree with Kafka – maybe not all of us through writing, but certainly through one form of creative expression or another. We channel our anxieties, our hopes and our fears through this creativity in an attempt to make sense of our lives. Artistic expression, far from being an add-on, a form of therapy, is part of who we are: it is one of the earliest and most primal needs we experience as human beings. The need to pour our experiences into art, to form a perspective, to communicate better through it, to share our commonality with others in it, and understand ourselves more fully as a result. This need seems fundamental to the human condition.
I have wanted to make a play drawn from Kafka’s short stories for about ten years now, and am delighted that I finally have the chance to do it – and I cannot think of a better group of people to have created it with. Out of Character is made up of unique, honest and creative individuals who have been a pleasure to work with, as we have devised, discussed, rehearsed, played with and identified with these extraordinary and yet little known stories from one of the 20th Century’s greatest writers.
Juliet Forster
Monday, 28 June 2010
Robin's Reflections
We worked on tales from kafka, enjoying working on a performance for the Theatre Royal. I have acted in school productions before and done some street theatre.
Robin.
Robin.
Wednesday, 23 June 2010
Saturday, 12 June 2010
Rehearsal 10/06
Today we had the sound engineer in to create strange noises for our play 'Kafka'. It was a particularly good session as we were able to experiment with our voices, sounds of birds singing, insects and a summer breeze.
The sound engineer told us some fascinating information on how all the ghostly noises in the film 'The Sixth Sense' were made by combining human voices rather than musical sound effects. He has worked with David Attenborough and is now going to London to do the sound effects for the play 'The Railway Children'.
On a personal note I have been rehearsing 'Dora' a depressed woman, who doesn't manage to overcome her depression, no matter how hard she tries. I am playing her like a marionette so have been learning slow dance moves to create the image.
We are very lucky to have an experienced director like Juliet Forster who has been working at York Theatre Royal for a number of years.
It has been a very interesting experience and has taught me how much hard goes into making a play.
Less than a month to go, and I am getting nervous now but enjoying every minute.
Ros
The sound engineer told us some fascinating information on how all the ghostly noises in the film 'The Sixth Sense' were made by combining human voices rather than musical sound effects. He has worked with David Attenborough and is now going to London to do the sound effects for the play 'The Railway Children'.
On a personal note I have been rehearsing 'Dora' a depressed woman, who doesn't manage to overcome her depression, no matter how hard she tries. I am playing her like a marionette so have been learning slow dance moves to create the image.
We are very lucky to have an experienced director like Juliet Forster who has been working at York Theatre Royal for a number of years.
It has been a very interesting experience and has taught me how much hard goes into making a play.
Less than a month to go, and I am getting nervous now but enjoying every minute.
Ros
Friday, 11 June 2010
Tuesday, 8 June 2010
Saturday's rehearsal
A shot from our rehearsal at Walmgate studios after picking our costumes! The date is getting closer!
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