1st August.Tonight is the first dress rehearsal and Thursday sees a full live production with sound and light plus the explosions of the battlefields. I imagine each night's performance will be quite exhausting; we must be on set from 8.00pm until midnight and are not expected to leave until at least 2.00am!
The audience seating area as it looked before the set
builders moved in.
The wardrobe department with helmets at the ready!
My son who plays Raoul Villain, the assassin of Jean Jaurès, left wing French politician, a pacifist totally opposed to the imminent war- here on the right.
Villain shot him in a Paris café a few days before the outbreak of WWI.
The hill and ruined chateau where the battle scenes will take place before packed audiences during next weekend... a fitting tribute to the millions who gave their lives during The Great War.
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