The Show

Words have been failing me in the last week. The show has opened to great success and the actors are amazing - more than I could ever have hoped for.
It has been a highlight of my career and the most immense honour to receive such an incredible review from Alison Weir.
Lots for developments are emerging for the future of the show. First stop is The Camden Roundhouse on Sunday!

Ist Dress Rehearsal

We've just had the first dress rehearsal. It was amazing....the actors have gone for a walk in the park now....by the time they've been through it twice more I don't think they'll be able to see straight.

Dress rehearsals

Dress rehearsals today. The actors have surpassed all expectations. We had the technical rehearsal on saturday. It went really smoothly....the yurt is a great place to work in....very calm and a briliant back drop for the action. Simon was superb on the technicals.
Notes today will be to think about the emotional freedom of Tudor England and to consider further the horror and ugliness of the fate of the characters.
Fleur and Joe will be in at 10.30 am for a 12 hour stint. I'll see the play through three times today. Can't wait!.

Progress....Guiltless Ghost

We read the play through last Friday....it was intense and exciting. Nick shot a promo video with the actors which I know is going to be great and we took some excellent photographs. Fleur looks amazing in the costumes! Just over two weeks till we start rehearsals. Tickets are selling fast and the yurt is being built. I feel lucky to be surrounded by such a talented and dedicated team. Joe - who plays George - is in Lanzarote - and emailing me Tudor questions while he does his research.
I finished "The Guiltless Ghost" today - it's going to be a very hard hitting modern version of Anne Boleyn's story, performed on two nights during the run of "Fallen in Love" by our amazing Community Theatre Company....if you get a chance to see it do, there are a few tickets left and it will be amazing! Very exciting times.

Costumes

Julia has nearly finished the costumes....Yesterday "The History Girls" had a go trying them on. Tomorrow we will see them on Fleur for the first time for a promo photo and video shoot. We'll be releasing these images soon...watch out for our website and facebook. They really are wonderful, Julia is an inspiration to work with. 

Meeting with Fleur

I saw Fleur yesterday in London - the actress who's playing Anne. It was lovely to see her and also fascinating having been imagining her playing the role for so many weeks. She's stunning and perfect for the part! On Friday Fleur and Joe are coming to the Hall to shoot a Promo video and I'm also going to spend and hour or two reading through the play. Very exciting.......

Finished it!

I finished the play. The biggest creative challenge I've ever faced and it's done! We read it aloud to the team on Friday. Everybody cried - even me, which felt a bit wierd, like laughing at your own jokes! But it felt good and I'm very excited about rehearsals. Thanks to the team at RRC for supporting me while I wrote it.
Last Thursday I went to Kensington Library with The History Girls to hear Alison Weir and Tracy Borman. They both spoke brilliantly and I was able to get some last minute clarification about some of the Anne Boleyn history. I am so excited about Alison coming to our press night. She has already been so generous in her interest and support. She is an inspiration to me and so many others.