On Monday, October 8th we moved into the New Wimbledon Studio Theatre and started building our set, hanging and focusing lights, and re-blocking our show on the set above. Jason Underferth, the Production Manager from Saint Mary's, arrived Tuesday and designed our lighting. On Monday, October 15th we did an afternoon dress rehearsal so Durone Stokes and a friend could see the show. Durone plays C.C. White in the West End Production of Dreamgirls.
Durone Stokes
As of this writing we have done two performances which have been awesome. I will post pictures in the next blog. Here are some photos of load-in or get-in as the British say. Here is Adam painting our protest signs with a white base coat.
Annabeth and Rachel did a terrific job getting and setting up props.
Emma, Kyleigh, and Olivia spent the entire day ironing and organizing the costumes and dressing room.
We set up our paint shop outside the theatre. Students carried all the wood to the theatre from the timber (lumber) company.
Mariah re-painted the benches we had in storage.
Annabeth and Amalia painting the protest signs.
Dan, who was in charge of building and painting, and Adam putting the platforms together.
This past Wednesday afternoon, our opening night, we all took a walking tour of London's east side to look at all the street art. We had the pleasure of having Dean Michael Charron and Dr. Mark Barber from Saint Mary's and some parents take part. Becky Hurst, the Art in London professor, sets up this tour every year. I finally got to do it this year! Awesome and interesting! Enjoy some of what we saw. We started at Shoreditch High Street Station.
Our tour guide explaining the difference between graffiti and street art.
Dean Charron and Dr. Barber.
The artist would make these lightweight forms and stick them on buildings.
This artist depicted where old London ends. The writing is circus style.
Made with dots of spray paint.
These pretty much reflects the political climate here.
This image is seen in various places around the neighborhood. This is a different one than the one above.
Homage to the pigeons!!!!
A comment on the Cereal Killer Cafe that opened up in Shoreditch which sells expensive bowls of cereal. Some people think they are ruining the fabric of the neighborhood.
Jason's favorite street painting.
This shows the scale of the piece.
Just an interesting tree.
This is an original Bansky in the courtyard of the Cargo night club. All of his work is covered in plexiglass and no one paints over Bansky's work.
This is to the right of Bansky's painting.
One artist goes around and paints this man on many street signs. People will rip off the street sign to have the artwork.
The pole has a bronze sculpture attached to the top. It fits in the the architecture of the tall building.
These little painted circles are placed throughout the city.
Paper put on brick. It is meant to wear away.
The same circus style writing.
"Comfort of the Modern Slave"
Dan was born in 1997!!! I'm OLD!
The next blog will feature photos from our play, A Piece of My Heart which has had two great nights of performance. Two to go!!!
THAT'S ALL FOLKS!
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