Cymbeline not Hamlet. It was Hamlet once. Now it is Cymbeline. But at Dulwich Hamlet. At Dulwich, Cymbeline. At Dulwich Hamlet, Cymbeline.
Dulwich Hamlet is a football club. It’s nice seeing the word “Hamlet” everywhere. They very generously and trustingly let us into their grounds with Cymbeline instead, in many ways that spiritual successor to Hamlet. We are in a run of weekly shows WE ARE IN A RUN OF WEEKLY SHOWS. It is fucking glorious, as we edge towards solstice, to have twenty people get together and do random shit with attempted rigour and as much nonsense as we eat.
The more we do it the more we will start to properly understand the game and how to play it best. Right now we are mostly winning but there are plenty of misplays and missed plays. We need to train better together and on our own. We need to be paying attention to the squad more closely and knowing when to play and when to just keep our eye on the ball. People flow in and out all the time. Most of the shows I’ve been to I’ve ended up playing unfamiliar parts in some way so have not yet experienced a Cymbeline without a base level of white noise. There’s always the constant shift of “what’s the offer now” but I would like that not to be running alongside “what’s my cue?” and “what’s my line?” I’d like a clear head finally. I think I’ll get that in two weeks at Bold, when I’m likely only playing parts I’ve played already.
My level of brainflood came through most strongly when I found myself saying “things bad begun make strong themselves by ill” instead of “some falls are means the happier to arise”. The former is from Macbeth and definitely not Caius’ line. Fits the rhythm and the sentiment though. Oops.
Next week we’ve got a champion of improv who doesn’t know the show improvising the part of Cloten which is gonna be a hell of an obstruction and potentially genuinely joyful and I’m sad I’ll miss it but next week is crazy busy for me, I’ll be at Chalke and rehearsing in London too so pinging up and down the whole time.
I’m glad this show is out of the way to be honest. I need to look at Banquo for Tuesday and Awaken for rehearsals starting Saturday. Good to be busy, sure, and I’ve had a lovely audition come in once again for me to try not to get too excited about. I’ll have to fit that in on Sunday night or early Monday morning.
Fun?! And now I’m gonna wash / lie in warm water for half an hour. Bed is calling. I’m gonna change my sheets.
My dad’s non league team back in the day!