A Little History Of The World – Development Week

26 May 2015

​I write to you from the rehearsal room of A Little History of The World’s week long development workshop. The creative team made up of Paul Stacey (Artistic Director of Reading Rep) Lee Lyford (Movement Director) and Toby Hulse (Playwright) are all working together with the cast to give the play its first breathe of life.

Little History has many opportunities for action sequences beyond the script so a development week has been a fantastic opportunity to solidify the play to ensure a smooth rehearsal process once it commences. It has been great to have Toby with us for the development week to share with us his vision for each chapter and teach us everything about the History the play depicts (seriously he knows everything!). Lee Lyford was another valuable asset to the team working closely with the cast to choreograph the trickier sequences helping everyone get a sense of how the play would take shape.

The cast is made up of three actors who are extremely talented with characterisation and accents, needless to say there has been a lot of laughter involved in the process! There has hardly been a moment where ideas haven’t been flowing and because of this, chapters of the play have been growing stronger and stronger.

It has been a great week for all involved and there is definitely a buzz of excitement in the air for the beginning of rehearsals! Even at such an early stage I can already tell you it won’t be one to miss!

Beth Knott
Assistant Director