Our Imminent Wardrobe Adventure

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We are about to embark upon an adventure…on Monday at 10am the Connections cast and crew will start the most important week of the project…a full week of rehearsals of The Wardrobe – a full week of exploring the play, a full week of finding out exactly why a their character says what they say at precisely that moment, a full week of exploring the impact of a look, a word, an action. 

Our connections play this year is not about a wardrobe as the title suggests but about the children that find solace, escape and refuge within it over 400 years.  In it we tell stories from the Tudor times, the plague and the English Civil war and they are just 3 of the 10 aspects of history that are brought to life in the play…it’s an epic undertaking and one that my cast – many of whom are new to the connections experience - have taken on with passion and excellence. 

We did a run of the play yesterday to see where we were at and what became clear is a performance is beginning to emerge…we have almost all the costumes, we have almost all the props, we have a soundtrack…there are still a lot of practicalities to sort out…however the main focus of this week will be ensuring each performance is focused, clear, honest and living.  It sounds so simple when you sum it up with those four words but to achieve that level of performance requires such an investment of courage and energy, such a level of skill, such a degree of empathy and such a detailed approach…it’s going to require every ounce of physical, intellectual and emotional dexterity the actors can find.

I’m excited about the next bit of the journey despite the challenge that it brings…the result which you can all see on the 25th, 26th, 27th of February at West Yorkshire Dance Centre… tickets can be reserved on our facebook page or by emailing info@yew-tree.com

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