Week One - Pat's Second Blog

'Having fought our way in through freezing rain, cast and director gathered in the rehearsal room at the St Peter Building to resume the existential wrestling match that is working on Waiting For Godot. If at first it looked as though the text was winning, well before lunch the room was once again ringing with laughter and full of suggestions. From the absurd to the profound, on what it is Beckett meant by each line. Jeffery is wearing his Godot hat, Guy bundles up when the room cools, gathering his energy for his assault on Lucky's epic speech.

Character work continues with Ian (Director) regularly quoting insights into Beckett and the times in which he wrote. The differences between pals Didi and Gogo get clearer and clearer and we ponder how much-or little Pozzo's bling matters to him. Sun came out at midday and we left to go home under a cold, clear sky. As I cross the canal bridge, the water is turbulent. Like Godot, so much going on beneath the surface.'