Royal Court - Birdland. Week 1 - Day 2.

Today I was called to the theatre again for 9am. I reconciled with the ASM and we went over the props list that we had both gathered from the read through and speaking to the Director and Set Designer. The following is a copy up of the props I noted down with the ASM for that week:

- 6 x shell chairs with swivel bases.
- Russian food packaging - cereal packets. Froot Loops? Partridges £7.99?
- Practical black firing gun.
- Brandy Glasses (Plastic) One small, one big. 
- Champagne Flutes - plain glass.
- Black shots of sambuca.
- Buzzer for hotel scene. Panic button type for the journalist scene.
- Standard 80s style lamp. (Patterned)
- Watering can. Same style as the one in the office.

Director's Wishlist

- Keyboard. Small. In rehearsal room by the end of this week. 
- Skinning up kit. Roll up cigarettes.
- Photo shoot umbrella.
- Professional camera with flash.

- Crockery/ Cutlery.
- Fountain Pen.

From this list I began to contact theatres and drama schools in London to see if any had the props we required. We asked to borrow them for a couple of weeks for rehearsal use. The following theatres were the ones that I contacted throughout the day:

- The Young Vic.
- Hampstead Theatre.
- The Almeida Theatre.
- The Tricycle Theatre.
- Central.
- The Bush Theatre.
- Regents Open Air Theatre.
- ETT.
- RADA.
- LAMDA.
- Guildhall.
- The Donmar Warehouse.

The following image is a picture of the type of chair that we were looking through in our search:

I received emails from those that I had contacted regarding borrowing props, however, no one had what we needed. Fortunately, the ASM managed to find a standard lamp at the Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond. We both arranged to go and pick this up the following day