Hello thespians of the Internet,
I apologise for my tardiness in posting an entry, it’s been a crazy two weeks for the nine of us! So, where to begin?
Last week we had our first rehearsal in our performance space… Hooray! Everything seemed to make perfect sense when we blocked with the stage in mind. Because of the long weekend we missed a double rehearsal on Monday the 8th, so we (being the incredibly committed bunch we are) scheduled a make-up rehearsal on the Wednesday afternoon (when most of us have free periods – thank god for not having to play school sport…). After our rehearsal on the Tuesday, we had a short class discussion about our progress so far. This is what we agreed on:
- Maud is turning out to be (surprisingly), many of our favourite character! During the reading of the play most of us dismissed Maud as an old bag with no real addition to the story… She still is an old bag, but we love her! Kudos to Meg for the fantastic character interpretation!
- Our scenes between Harry Bagley (Rhys) and Betty (Greg) have been fantastically awkward. Setting their steamy lust scenes was a challenge for everyone, but the outcome has been fantastic! Awesome chemistry between Greg and Rhys… Could that mean something more than great acting…?
- Accents. We’re diving in at the deep end and beginning to experiment. Our posh British heritage will be tested in the first act, and our attempt at grungy 80’s London in the second.
We also managed to create our first drawings of what we think the set should look like. Henry (as our stage design extraordinaire) has been working hard on reflecting both the time settings of the two acts, and the symbolism that Churchill brings out through the text. I'll post a photo of our sketches on the whiteboard as soon as I can find my iPhone cable...
Whilst all this has been going on, we’ve also had our costume team (Meg and Tally) delving through books, patterns and websites to research what we’ll all be dressed in. They’ve come up with a handy colour scheme that works in collaboration with the colours of the union jack. Creams and whites are mainly used in the first act for those characters that we labeled as “traditional”, whilst those who encompass more contemporary ideas will have flecks of red and white. I’ll get some video footage of the two of them discussing their ideas as soon as possible!
Aaaaand that’s about it for now! Greg has the footage for another video on his computer, so that will hopefully be up by the end of the week. For now, keep following the blog, and keep spreading the word!
Until next time…
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