Now the work begins

Now the work begins, originally uploaded by Grinningskull.

Ice on the rink at Ryerson.

This is what greets me as I head into the first day of the Keystone
Theatre intensive workshop. One week to create something we can
present next Sunday to an invited audience.

A daunting task, but I think we’re up to it.

New space

New space, originally uploaded by Grinningskull.

Into new space for the beginning of our marathon week of workshopping
"The Belle of Winnipeg".

Workin’ the bits

Workin’ the bits, originally uploaded by Grinningskull.

Richard Beaune concentrates on a scene.

Tonight working through some scenes bit by bit, getting a feel for the
structure of the scenes. After tonight we’ll be finessing scenes and
working to give them some finish.

By the time we get to Saturday, we want to be running the scenes for
the presentation.

Coming together slowly but surely.

A sheep

A sheep, originally uploaded by Grinningskull.

It was there. On the coffee maker.

Into to Lower Ossington Theatre tonight. Here till tomorrow, then off
on friday.

Tonight, we’re working a the last couple of scenes. Once that’s done,
we can spend our time tomorrow and Saturday just running through the
scenes in order.

I think it’s coming together.

Siobhan knits

Siobhan knits, originally uploaded by Grinningskull.

One has to do something when you aren’t on stage. Siobhan Richardson knits.

Very productive night, as we continue the "enchainment", which is the
process of putting all the scenes together for the first time. This
is where you find the traffic problems. We found a few tonight, but
they aren’t insurmountabe.

No rehearsal tomorrow. Instead, the office holiday party.

And then the weekend.

Snowmageddon



Snowmageddon, originally uploaded by Grinningskull.

Outside work. 11:00am

Merry Christmas



Merry Christmas, originally uploaded by Grinningskull.

Research



Research, originally uploaded by Grinningskull.

A stack of books, as I begin to research, in earnest.

Hurry Up and Wait

Sitting in a van, on set waiting to be called. This is the exciting view from the window of the drive into the trailer park where we are shooting.

In other news: there is a trailer park in the middle of Mississauga. Who knew?

Keystone Theatre Photos

Its been a while, and I never really got around to posting the Keystone Theatre pictures we had done from the workshop last fall.

Time to fix that.