Ilmo visits again this morning with his therapist partner Hazel, and this coincides with us running the last quarter of the play.This means that the first thing they see is the illustrative movement for Roger/Renee's physical relationship. It's a wee bit toe-curling in front of people in the psychoanalytic dodge.
The rest of the act bowls along reasonably well, though, and they're very insightful during notes afterwards and entertained enough to watch Act I too, which they clearly enjoy. Their practical notes about the hypnotism are, as expected, incredibly useful and we incorporate them into the first full-blown run of the show this afternoon.
During this I get a true handle on how tiring it's likely to be. It doesn't help that we've already run most of it today before we start, and I'm a bit fuzzy during the final couple of scenes - probably because there's a lot of notes from Karen and Heather to take in; Sophia says she feels the same. We overrun grotesquely to finish just as Laura, the designer, and her team start painting the set.
We open a week tomorrow. Sobering thought to go to the pub with.
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