The beginnings of a rumble...

We're starting to delve into the darker parts of the story...

The dirty underbelly of that 1950's New York tension is really coming through now - deep-seated racial tension and the unreachable American dream all together in a hot, listless, combustible Holden Caufield summer. The first generation of discontents. The first teenagers, who had no war to go to and didn't have to like the same music as Mom and Pop.



Today, we also has the luxury of working OUTSIDE(!) A sunny day in Bath gave us a timely opportunity. Luke Cheater and Bijan transformed the open air space in front of Refectory into a full scale mock up of the Minack.

The glorious backdrop of the Newton park campus had a significant impact on the way the actors moved and worked. Stepping up the game to meet with the expectations of a space as grand and awe inspiring as the Minack is a significant challenge and as we worked outdoors and tackled the complexity of the music and movement of the Rumble, the climax of Act One, The change in the actors was visible. They reflected on exactly how much more energy it took to sustain the height, intensity and tension of that work! We also felt exactly how tough it is to move on a floor with no give!