Unit 7 - Theatre in education

Thursday 23^rd November

Production meeting:

Last week, we arranged for there to be a production meeting to be held today. The aim of the meeting was to meet with others who may not have seen the script yet and then to talk them through the ideas for the production. It was also a chance to bring up any current issues that we are having with the piece or any other ideas that people may have to improve the performance.

Attending the meeting was me as the director and an actor, Danielle as the assistant director and an actor, Callum as the light and sound technician and Cara who is overseeing the whole project. We did also invite Paul who is the manager of The Chapel Arts Centre but he wasn’t able to make the meeting due to illness. We will be sure to catch up with him at a different time to tell him what was discussed at the meeting.

During the meeting we talked a lot about the performance and what will be going on. Here is a list of what we talked about in the meeting:

·     Reviewing the script

·     Sound and lighting cues throughout the script so far

·     Possible ideas for the rest of the script which is yet to be written

·     Assistance in improving the performance by theatre practitioners

·     Tech/dress rehearsal schedule needs to be in place

·     Any other ideas for the performance

Here is a video of the production meeting:

I think it was really good idea to have this meeting today because we were able to take Callum through the script so that he can sort out the sound and lighting cues. I will meet with Paul and let him know what was discussed in the meeting today. I also think that we should have a meeting nearer to the time to make sure that everything is going to be ready in time and then hopefully, everyone will be able to attend.