Good Omens Episodes 5&6 - logistics and casting

[wildeabandon]

Okay, logistics and casting for this weekend's readthrough of episodes 5&6 of Good Omens below.

Date Ambiguity: I'm a bit useless, and having originally planned this weekend's readthrough to be on Saturday, I accidentally posted the "Are you coming?" poll with a date of Sunday. I intend to go ahead with the original plan of Saturday, unless that turns out not to be feasible for several people. Could you comment a)to let me know that you've seen this and that you can make it on Saturday, or b)to say that you can't do Saturday, and optionally c)to let me know if a last minute change to Sunday will make it impossible or inconvenient for you. Sorry for the cock-up.

Stage Directions: the_elyan has once again very kindly prepared a spreadsheet indicating which bits should and shouldn't be read, so the Stage Directions reader can just follow that, and other people can refer to it if they would like to get advance notice of whether to pause or not. For the most part, stage directions at scene changes will be read, and others won't. The list of exceptions is here.

Software: We'll be using Zoom. Ideally you would download a client here, beforehand (available for Windows, Mac and Linux). I've enabled the setting that means you can join through a browser, but apparently it works less well than the client.

I'll open the meeting a few minutes before 14:30 on Saturday, and then you'll be able to join either by clicking on this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/3141627183?pwd=WXhscDBQLytBcFh1akFFRllWY0JxUT09 or by opening the client, going to Join, and then entering 314-162-7183 as the meeting ID and 584680 as the password.

Casting:
Episode 5
Notes: tenebrousphantom and themidnightgirl have a moderately extended dialogue in Russian, which I suggest you do in English with optional terrible accents unless you're feeling very enthusiastic!

Stage Directions - atreic
God - highlyeccentric
Crowley - bella_luugosi
Aziraphale - juliet
Firefighter - highlyeccentric
Adam - the_alchemist
Police Officer - robert_jones
Madam Tracy - juliet
Shadwell - leonato
Quartermaster Angel - naath
Newt - robert_jones
Mrs Ormerod - liv
Mr Scroggie - the_elyan
Julia Petley - leonato
Immigration Officer - liv
Famine - smhwpf
War - wildeabandon
Café Lady - minihedgehog
Pollution - the_elyan
Death - robert_jones
Beelzebub/1st Radio Voice - naath
Police #1 - sfred
Satan/2nd Radio Voice - the_alchemist
Horace - tenebrousphantom
Nora - themidnightgirl
Chant - all
Lisa - minihedgehog
Hastur - tenebrousphantom
Officer Fred - smhwpf
Officer Julia - highlyeccentric
Pepper - minihedgehog
Brian - robert_jones
Wensleydale - sfred
Whispery Voices - all
Anathema - themidnightgirl
Scientist 1 - minihedgehog
Scientist 2 - naath
R.P.Tyler - highlyeccentric
Gabriel - djm4
Sandalphon - sfred
Dagon - smhwpf
Guard - liv
Man on Floor - sfred
Commander - leonato
Crewman - the_alchemist
Russian Commander - themidnightgirl
Russian Crewman - tenebrousphantom


Episode 6
Notes: highlyeccentric has a single line in German, which you may or may not wish to translate. The actors playing Crowley, Aziraphale, and Madam Tracy may wish to discuss in advance how they're going to handle inhabiting each others' bodies.

Stage Directions - highlyeccentric
God - robert_jones
Aziraphale - liv
Crowley - atreic
Usher - minihedgehog
Beelzebub - robert_jones
Hastur/Lady Tourist- juliet
Dagon - the_elyan
Tyler - the_elyan
Mr Young - wildeabandon
Newt - leonato
Anathema - djm4
Screen 1 - smhwpf
Screen 2 - the_elyan
Screen 3 (German) - highlyeccentric
Screen 4 - robert_jones
Death/Tall Figure - the_alchemist
Adam - minihedgehog
Shadwell - wildeabandon
Madam Tracy - bella_luugosi
War - naath
Pepper - themidnightgirl
Brian - smhwpf
Spider Demon - naath
Rock Thing - bella_luugosi
Gabriel - tenebrousphantom
Satan - sfred
International Express Man - smhwpf
British Agent - juliet
Russian Agent - sfred
Uriel - smhwpf
Sandalphon - leonato
Demons - all
Michael - the_alchemist
Baddicombe - the_elyan
Virtue Device - themidnightgirl
Disposable Demon - tenebrousphantom

Comments

[naath]

I can do either day, but would like certainty before noon Saturday.

[wildeabandon]

Noted - assume that it's sticking with Saturday unless you hear otherwise, but if it is changing I'll make sure to get the message out by the end of today.

[atreic]

Like Naath, I could do either, but it would be nice to know which :-)

[leonato]

Saturday is fine (and better) for me.

[cjwatson]

Oh bother, I missed the poll. If you have somebody drop out then I'm likely available, otherwise I might turn up and watch/listen ...

[wildeabandon]

Hey - it looks as though we've got one person dropping out - tenebrousphantom - so if you could take over zir parts that would be really helpful.

[cjwatson]

Works for me, thanks.

[sfred]

Thank you! Saturday is better for me, and I had not read the poll properly and had assumed Saturday anyway.

[smhwpf]

Saturday is better for me.

[liv]

Squeeeeeeeeee! Thank you. And yeah, I filled in the poll assuming Saturday, I can do Sunday but like other people I'd prefer a decision soon-ish.

[the_alchemist]

Either day works for me.

[the_elyan]

Seen it, Sat should be OK (I have something else at 6, but might be able to push it back a bit), Sun would be fine if it changes.

[themidnightgirl]

Like _whatever_.

[juliet]

I can do either day.

[djm4]

I can do either but had assumed Saterday as it was in the calendar, so that's my default.

[tenebrousphantom]

Sorry for not replying more quickly - wasn't expecting it to be urgent to check today... I guess yesterday now.

Unfortunately, we have a regular weekend thing that I rearranged to be Saturday because the poll was for Sunday, and I can't change it back at this point.

I'll be sad to miss it, but I can see Saturday is either what people assumed it was or better than Sunday for most folk, so please don't rearrange just for me.

Looks like cjwatson might be up for taking over from me, too!

[wildeabandon]

Ack, I'm sorry, and thank you for being understanding. I will try to double and triple check what I'm posting in future, and you'll definitely be on the invite list for the IRL Omenscamp when that happens.

[(Anonymous)]

Thank you for running this, it was enormously fun to do, and highly enjoyable to watch everyone else reading through the script.

I don't know whether you take suggestions, but I note that the script for the radio series of Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy is available, and that is something I would be interested in reading through.