Just an update of where we are in our rehearsal process at the moment.
Everything is going really well so far, we have got our blocking finished and the actors have got it stuck in their heads now and are doing extremely well with their characterisations. The characters have grown so much over the past two weeks and I am so pleased with how it is going so far, we still have plenty that we can work on in order to make a truly polished performance but we have plenty of time to do that in :)
We are now going to begin on having more fun with the script and allowing the actors to play and enjoy their characters, now that they know their characters well and know the play, we can start exploring new and exciting little character traits if we start rehearsing through the play and just enjoying the characters, I will allow the actors to have a bit more free reign to find funny moments for their characters and things that they could be doing whilst they are not speaking, e.g Martha flirting with Nick whilst Honey is speaking, this will be fun for Kirsty to play with and see how far she can go with her flirting.
We were given some comments about our play after showing a full run through to our supervisor, and now have to work on having even more energy in our play and allowing the actors to just enjoy what they are doing; enjoying the big, bold characters they are playing rather than being consumed by the thoughts of having to remember all of the lines and blocking which they know, now it is just time to let go of being critical about their performances and to just let go and see where that takes us in the energy and fun of the play.
We also have to work on changing the ending of the play to not leave it on such a cliffhanger as some audience members may feel as though they have seen a play which is unfinished, therefore, tonight I am going to be working on finding a strong ending for the play which will leave a good conclusion for all of the characters concerned rather than such an open for interpretation ending.
Tomorrow we will be looking at our change of ending and working on this. Also we will be doing another run with costumes and props and then picking some scenes apart and finding moments in them which can be worked on, and working on a line run which they actors feel they need as they all want to get their lines spot on, also we will be working on volume and energy; which should be fun!
We have plenty of time left so we shouldn't have anything to worry about, we're getting there and it's looking good!
Abbie x x
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