A Life of Galileo - Blog - Darcy Willison-Sloan

I think what surprised me most about the process was the amount of humour we found whilst mining the text. When observing the work, I found so many more moments where I was chuckling to myself than I initially expected from simply reading the play. I guess this speaks hugely to the benefit of the Lazarus process, and how an on the feet reading will always bring forth so much more information that a traditional sit down table read. 

It felt as though the entire narrative orbited around Gallileo. He was the centre of this universe, and all other characters and stories found their way to him. Almost like a magnet.

I think this poses a really interesting concept theatrically - we think less about creating a world and creating an environment - the protagonist simply is the world, is the environment. Food for thought. It’s always a joy to be in a Lazarus space, and the collaborative nature always makes for such interesting and full discussion that I imagine is helpful to no end when thinking about embarking on a project. It felt as though whilst we all shared key thoughts and ideas, we also noticed very different things, picking up on minute details that mattered to us or mattered to our character.

I think this play would be a corker - and importantly - make an audience really think.