First up was David Cottis, director of Druid's Rest at the Finborough Theatre and currently directing The Comedy of Errors, due to open next Wednesday at the Riverhouse. David led the company in an interesting set of exercises, focusing on Ken Campbell's theory that the face physically holds two distinct personalities. The actors took turns studying each other's profiles, left and right, devising personalities, jobs, character flaws and lifestyles to fit the physical attributes that each side of the face presented. The company then took it in turns to be 'hot-seated', the two different sides of their face were asked questions and the actor's took on the character that had been assigned to each profile in their answers.

This Tuesday we welcomed Philip Westerman, armed with his brilliant horror film script 'The Photograph'. Phil was interested in fleshing and developing his characters to complement the strongly threaded plot. So the company worked with extracts from the script, ranging from a scene bristling with domestic tension, to an unsettling moment where a mother worries for her child's safety, to a cosy scene in which an older woman dispenses advice for the younger generation. The actors worked both on and off script, some scenes benefiting from some original and often hilarious devising!

Both evenings were very successful and with more workshops planned for November, Net Curtains' creativity continues to grow.