A View from the Bridge: Runthroughs 30/1/2014

30/1/2014

Today we set up the stage and went straight for a full run through. However we only got half of this done as the bell went for the lesson to end and at the start of the lesson we spent a while talking about the extracts and trying to find a decent sized table for the scene. We had a slow start but in the end we were okay to start running. We didn't come across any issues with our rehearsal today.
We also used the lights today to have the audience dark and certain bits of the stage lit. But this was not a full technical run through.

Not everyone was off book like we should have been. We all had to keep looking down at our books to remember the lines, including me. There are some lines I can't get out when I try to speak. They get stuck and there is just a silence on the stage. Only sometimes though. Many people do get stuck on their lines but we don't know them that well, even though we have had ages to learn them.
I know some of my lines, but there are also those pages that just will not stick in my head.

When the lesson ended we were just going onto the next Beatrice and Catherine group.

The rehearsal went well but we are not very prepared for the upcoming performance. We haven't gone through costumes or props or the full lighting such as when lights will fade and if they will fade between our extracts. Barely anyone knows their lines which all definitely need to be improved upon in order for a good performance.

We now have come up with a schedule for rehearsals which will be every Monday, even though there are only two left. I personally feel like we need more rehearsals in our groups and also as a whole group to put the whole performance together. This was the first time we went for it and properly rehearsed with everyone and started bringing everyone together. I do not feel ready for the performance at all because we have barley done it as a group and also we haven't rehearsed much due to everyone needing the same person in their scenes.
A problem with trying to rehearse at other times is that some people can't do rehearsals after school due to jobs and other people wont rehearse at lunch because they are 'busy' when they aren't. Others seem against rehearsing and just see the play as a time to not take anything seriously and just take it as a laugh.