29th August, 2009 - Ideas About Directing #7

Rule 7 – Measure the Stage


There is no excuse for rehearsing in a space that is different from the space of the theatre you are about to work in. If you get this wrong, then you will wind up having to make emergency corrections to the blocking at the dress rehearsal, and you will have to make compromises that you don’t think through properly. This is avoidable, by careful use of a tape measure and a piece of chalk. Buy these and put them in the posey man bag that, as a director, you will have undoubtedly purchased along with your trendy hat, and a jacket that is marginally too young for you.