Hugh Hughes tells us about In Rehearsal

I bumped into a friend the other day who had seen In Rehearsal advertised in The Junction's brochure.

She said, "Hello Hugh, I see that you have an exciting new project going. I saw The Junction's brochure. It sounds a bit scary!" I asked why she thought it sounded scary and she said, "I’m scared that if I come I’ll be asked to participate and do some acting or I’ll be expected to come up with ideas." So, I thought I’d try to clarify what might happen if you come along:

I might ask you if you’d like to participate or not.
I might, if you’ve agreed that you’d like to, ask you to participate. I might not.
I might tell you some stories. I might ask if you’d like to discuss them.
I might show you some maps and tell you about the places on them.
I might try out some ideas for presenting a story.
I might try out ideas for how to begin a possible show.
I might do one long improvisation.
I might ask you to make suggestions to me what to do next.
I might show you some slides.
I might show you some films.
I might read you some poetry that I’ve written.

What I will do is share with you a process.

And, to be very honest with you, having thought about it some more, we should have called it In Development, not In Rehearsal.

Lastly, and most importantly, I would be thrilled to see you there. I’m really excited by the idea of developing my next show with you. I’m opening the doors when normally they would be shut.

Anything might happen. Come along.

My friend ended up saying she would, I hope you do too.

Posted by Hugh Hughes