Yoghurt, the musical

A long hard physical day for the actors today, being put through their paces by Aline.

It was nicefor me, to sit back a little and watch her working with them, and she provided a fantastic input of different energy, which everyone responded to. Having seen the whole play, she got to work on the areeas which are most in need of this kind of injection, the machine-monster section, the ending and principally of course the almost legendarily problematic Brazil scene.

Toyoko has arrived in Birmingham, and it was truly great to see her. After missing her during the great debate about the opening song, it is very reassuring to have her calm positive presence back in the room.

Aline started with a session on the way the actors climb the tower at the end of the play, which by the end of the day had become very impressive, with them hanging off precariously, and helping each other up. The Machine-monster section has been improved by Daniel standing behind the fence panels, and 'operating' the machine with big elastic levers, while it alos now involves Hye Jin as a shadow machine behind the backdrops.

After the preview in Korea, Mijeomng had been in favour of cutting the fabrics that we were using in the Brazil scene, because they did not seem to work, but after Aline's input, the second half of the scene now seems to be getting to the kind of beauty and energy that we have been wanting for it. My role became to protect the meaning within the action, while she was suggesting movements. We made some important progress, and everyone was noticably energised by the end of the day.