Ada Merrow has covered 9 leads in 7 seasons and gone on 41 times, most of them with under an hour's notice. Scroll, and walk down to the chair.
Scroll to take the stage01 · The half35 min to curtain
An understudy learns the whole part and hopes never to play it. When the phone rings at the half, there is time for a costume, a wig and one walk of the blocking. Nothing else.
02 · Places3 to 7 s
Ada learns the lead's moves to the inch, then finds her own reasons for every one of them. The stage manager should notice nothing. The audience should notice everything.
03 · The spot7 to 10 s
A slip of paper in the programme, a line from front of house, and then the same chair, the same cone of light, and 900 people who came to see someone else.
Hover a role and its scene plays behind the letters, with a line from it. Choose one and the case opens: the run, the notice, what happened on the night.
Covering Isolde at the Calder until 10 January. After that, Ada is reading for leads and for covers. Choose a slot for a reading and the agent confirms within a day.