First days are always weird aren’t they? Everyone’s a bit nervous. Everyone’s a bit hot. Everyone’s made sure they’ve done their hair and is worried they might address their new boss with some lettuce in their teeth. First days in theatre are just the same, except for most artists, they have a first day every few months, each time they form a new company and embark on a new project.
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‘I have a dream sometimes there of you, dressed all nice and white in your coffin there, and me all in black looking in on you.’
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Our build and tech week coincide with the arrival and set up of Hull Fair. I live just around the corner, so every morning on my way to the theatre I can see the rides slowly being erected just like our set, lights flickering into place and wheels in motion. I really like this parallel building of worlds. It feels pretty perfect.
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Jacob Jackson and Niamh Stansfield from our Young Company talk about Josh Overton’s 2012 play and Lydia Marchant’s 2013 play respectively.
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Young Company member Eve Hibbert talks about the third part of TEN written by Lydia Marchant set in 2011.
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