"The polish is the key stage, he tells me. The polish and the R&D are the key stages of any report."

The heading above is a line from my monologue as Seven (that I will be talking about in a nother blog) which i thought was incredibly apt for the stage of production we are at; the polishing stages, fixing the last few annoying habits, ensuring every movement and gesture have conviction and meaning and keeping the material fresh.

Things have been going well! Some scenes; Tessa's Two and James and Catherine's Three are a little further so we are using different exercises to keep those scenes fresh to ensure they do not become stale such as doing it in funny accents, doing it at double time and so on. The scene which is most difficult at the moment is the Bomber scene as it requires precision in the detail and takes more time as Alex's delivery needs to be up to scratch whilst also having all four bombers move in time. However, we are extremely happy with the way the work is proceeding! All scenes are now 'blocked', or at least we have an idea where we may be moving in the space. This is all subject to change once we get to use our actual set.

This is also the stage of transitions between scenes. For the duologues, we had already organised the transitions between their sections of passage of time but not between each actual scene. We had a very productive morning on Sunday all together working on the transitions to make them smooth. From the get go, we have always envisioned that the cast will remain on stage the whole time. For one thing we do not want the illusion of characters being hidden behind curtains. Secondly, we have always wanted the back of the triangle to represent the microcosm of society in London during the week the play is set in. One of our main inspirations is of course; the tube.

We are hoping that a few people will have props such as newspapers and ipods to aid the audience's understanding of this. The idea has also developed to the idea of waiting for the train until after the bombers scene when we all 'get on.' At the moment these are fluid until we are able to work with our actual set but it is very exciting to finally see how we will all be arranged throughout the performance and how it changes the space. The most difficult aspect of these transitions is the timing. Just like in the bombers scene, the timing will be key with regards to the movement. Fingers Crossed!