Puppets and Proofs

My entry will be a short one this week, which is probably representative of how busy we all are at the moment. It's now about 10 weeks until the show goes on tour. Over the past 2 weeks, I've been organising the print for the Little Leap Forward tour which was a lengthy process of finding good images, checking proofs over and over again, changing our minds, sending emails back and forth to the printer, things not looking right, forgetting to credit the right people etc etc. Thankfully, I signed it off today and it had better be perfect when it gets delieved here next week, thats all I can say!

There's alot of Little Leap Forward activity in the building today, there's me here in the animation room setting up a fan page on facebook that you join and keep up to date with LLF tour news. In the meeting room, Loz and Jonny are being trained by Julie Parker, a great freelance technical manager that Horse + Bamboo have worked with in the past. They are having a days training in QLab, a programme which will enable them to integrate the audio visual element of the show with sound and lighting. Loz has been working on editing down all the music he's recorded so far and is deciding on the right piece of music for one of the main scenes of the play - sorry I can't give that away!

Alison and Bob are in workshop. Bob is scrimming the set, so that it will be ready to paint and Alison is currently making 6 puppets for the "School Scene". Vanessa Card ( Puppet & Costume Maker) is in the sewing room producing some minature versions of the costumes for the puppets ( other costumes will be made by Felicia at the Royal Exchange. I have uploaded some of Alison's sketches to give you a flavour of how the costumes will look like.

That's all for today.

Alithea