firstly:
i am sincerely apologetic for the lack of blogging over the past few weeks! My posts will improve, I swear!
secondly:
It's now the school holidays - wooo! But this also means it's time for us inhabitants of Cloud 9 to buckle down and get this show ready for performance.
But before I get started with some rambling, here is the photo of our whiteboard sketches that I promised last time:
use your i m a g i n a t i o n.
Pretty much we envision it to have a verandah across the back wall, with a bench/chair on the stage in front of it. On the left stage extension we have a gramophone (which Greg has purchased for us off eBay!), and the British flag. On the right stage extension we have a picture of Queen Victoria herself. These stage extensions will be altered for the second act, to be more contemporary (i.e the picture of Queen Victoria will be changed to a picture of the Sex Pistols album cover for 'God Save the Queen').
Alright SO, rehearsals have been going swimmingly! In the time since I've posted a blog we have finished blocking the entire play!! *pause for victory dance*
Our next step towards world domination/being performance ready is to begin to work off script, so as to physicalize everything more fluently.
We will be rehearsing on Wednesday of this week from 10-3 at school, and hope that in this time we can run through majority of the play and do some character building. I suggested the idea of character building last week, as I feel like I want to create a stronger relationship between myself and Ellen/Lin. Some character building exercises may include interview questions as our characters, improvised scenes between characters and group conversations in character.
Now before I sign off, be sure to confirm that the 6th and 7th of May are marked as "MUST SEE CLOUD 9 AT ST. LEONARD'S" in your diary. To quote the show; "You'd enjoy it..."
Ta ta for now, stay tuned for some video goodness and more rehearsal updates...
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