from sketch to model to the stage

todays' the last day of regular tech. We'll end the evening with an "invited dress rehearsal", which is theatre-ese for a dress rehearsal where there'll be some audience, invited from the friends/family of the company. We have these to allow the cast a chance to get used to how an audience will react. It's particularly important with comedies as audiences laughing can throw actors off their timing.
tomorrow night, we'll have the first PREVIEW performance. During previews, the cast (and often tech staff) will continue to work the show in rehearsals during the day, and perform to a paying audience at night. Preview tickets are often cheaper than regular seats. These performance ALSO give the cast and team a chance to gauge an audience reaction, and allows them some time to adjust things. This is particularly useful if it's a new play or musical. Here at Northlight, a show previews for about a week before the official opening. after which everything is SET and no further changes are made to the show.

thought I'd share some of the process work on this show, now that I've already shared the research...

ACT 1 - THE EXTERIOR

rough sketch

model

onstage

ACT 2 - THE INTERIOR

sketch

the model

onstage

It's kinda strange that the overall design changed so little, it's rare for that to be the case.