… of the Hamburg Players at the Festival of European Anglophone Theatrical Societies FEATS 2022
Cast, crew (minus one - we’re so sorry!) and director of Contractions
Timetable for Rehearsal Hamburg Players Crew + Cast Sunday 29th May
08:30 Collect Badges at Kulturhaus Mersch + Briefing
08:45 – 09:00 Unload van (set and tech)
09:00 – 09:15 Tech Coordination Meeting
09:20 – 09:15 Cast + Crew Assemble + Safety Briefing
09:30 – 11:30 Rehearsal at theatre
11:30 Go back to Luxembourg City – Cast to relax, and if they wish, run lines
17:00 Cast to meet once again in Mersch with tech crew to go over sound cues
18:00 Call time, everyone at theatre
19:30 Curtain up for Contractions
Crew
Wear Black clothes + Shoes
Black shoes must be closed i.e. no open toes or flip flops
Stage Manager is Queen – all instructions/proposals to go through her.
Cast + Director
Stage Manager is Queen – all instructions/proposals to go through her.
Order of Rehearsal will be given by Stage Manager
All people not involved in rehearsal activities to stay in auditorium
That, dear readers, was the rough schedule for all Hamburg Players participating in this year’s Festival of European Anglophone Theatrical Societies (FEATS) – which after a two-year hiatus was finally back to in-person performances in front of an actual audience!
Over the Ascension weekend 2022, nine English–speaking theatre groups from five different countries met in Luxembourg to present twelve one-act plays over the course of four evenings. This time round, FEATS was organized by the New World Theatre Club Luxembourg without the usual competition (i.e. no awards) but rather as a celebration of live theatre itself.
Contractions tech rehearsal in Mersch on Sunday morning
The Hamburg Players’ contribution to the festival was a two-hander by Mike Bartlett called Contractions. You could call it a corporate satire dealing with shrinking privacy and the ever-growing power of companies over their employees.
Cast:
Manager: Jocasta Godlieb
Emma: Naomi O’Taylor
Directed by:
Valerie Doyle
Crew:
Stage Manager: Julie Spanswick
Lighting: Thomas White
Sound: Thomas White
Director’s Assistant: Jessica Albiston
Stagehands: Camilo Daza, Harald Djürken, Nele Giese
Because it’s such a pretty shot: Luxembourg City by night