3/04/14 show time 2!

Today was show day with the blue group it was a repeat of yesterday's warm rehearsals and a 9oclock start, with photographer taking pictures while rehearsing. 

The first mid morning rehearsal went well but abit slow leaving everyone feeling abit uneasy about the 2oclock show. After the afternoon show we got feedback from rob and josh here is my second feedback 

I think the 2oclock show went well again as yesterday's show, we got many laughs especially in hangelas scenes as she really played her character well and overly crazy she's amazing at being dramatic. After our 3 hour lunch break we came back for the 7oclock show energy had died down slightly due to the lack of audience however we 'uped' the pace and put our all into it and really enjoyed our last ever show on Midsummers night dream and the response from the audience. When the show was over it was slightly emotional for everyone, all the hard work that we put in over the 3-4 months had come to an end. 

My classmates and I worked extremely hard on this production and I must admit the outcome was immense, how such a difficult languaged play could be made into a modern understood production. I will be looking forward to putting many more performances with my drama class in the near future. 

2/04/14 show time!

Today was show day for red group and myself I was crazily nervous we had a 9oclock start which is 3 hours earlier than our normal time table to get extra rehearsals and get pictures done while doing the scenes, this was difficult as everyone was trying to concerntrate on their scenes but still trying to achieve thd perfect snaps for the school website. We had two shows,one at 2:00 for the students and the other at 7:00 for parents and friends. We had a few slip ups in the first show, for example one of my colleagues leaving the stage leaving my other class mates to improvise however they got through it without the audience noticing however the show went very well gaining many laughs and tense moments for the audience the end out come from the audience was great I believe the audience actually understood Shakespeare Although being honest there were quite a few scenes we could've improved on but I think it was nerves that got the better of some of my classmates. After the show we got our feedback here they are

After the performance we had a break and then came back an hour before the second performance to get ready and go over a few things.

It was then the 7:00pm show for adults and outside friends, the show went really well the outcome was different and their was less laughter with think this was due to the different type of audience (older) and everyone was less nervous slowing down the pace and really getting into the deph of the scene, although it went well there was a big slip up when I'm playing with demitrias pretending to be Lysander and hypnotising them (spell) Toriek exited the wrong way leading Sam to come on the wrong way and accidentally dropping to the floor as he stumbled over me, but we picked it up and I improvised a cheeky laugh while he said "you tripped me Lysander" making it seem as if it was planned. 

Overall I enjoyed working on the play with the red group as there was many stressful moments and exciting outbursts during rehearsals and in the play. 

1/04/14 Midsummers night dream final rehearsal.

Today is our final rehearsal before the shows commend everyone is experiencing a mix of emotions from stressed to excited to agitated to happy. 

We came into lesson doing a whole run through of both groups tweaking minor things for it to be perfected for tomorrow we had our first dress rehearsal. You could really see the difference in the acting as we were all so excited and energised for tomorrow we changed into our costumes, While rehearsing we made use of different props on stage like pillows,flowers and staging in general after we had done a run through twice we went back upstairs to the studios and me and Mario went over out scenes while Toriek gave feedback. 

Here's a few pictures..

31/03/14 Mnd performance week

It's 2 days before the performance we came in to college a hour earlier than usual so that we could get as much rehearsal time as possible. we were in the theatre and rehearsed on scenes and tried to get through the whole play Getting used to the space around us was very important because we are so used to rehearsing in the drama studios, every action and speech needs to be over exaggerated even if it feels unnatrual From what I saw both groups have improved quite a lot and the flow is a lot better.

24-27 march Mnd

On Monday my class and I split into our groups as usual rehearsed certain parts. Later on in the day we went to watch the music courses first year performance. After we then used our Physical Theatre lesson to rehearse the play. We have now come to the conclusion that Mario will be playing Oberon with myself throughout both plays as roni has been unable to attend college and is at too late of a date to catch up and develop the scenes we were meant to play together. 

25/03/14

On Tuesday we went through the whole play from beginning to end After we had finished,we then got feedback from Josh. My feedback was to slow down my lines and physically show that I am not human Once the day was over a couple of us stayed back to rehearse a few scenes.

26/03/14
On Wednesday we were with Sharon and during that lesson we were just answering questions about our physical theater performace with Josh.After I had dance rehearsing our revelation piece for tomorrow I am very nervous but excited at the same time as my drama class has not scene me perform anything else but acting and can't wait to see and hear their opinions. 

27/03/14
On Thursday we had extra rehearsals after our scheduled timetable and then went to watch the Level 3 dance group which I performed In, the show went really well however we decided to go off stage early as all of our minds went blank halfway through but the audience did not realise which is thankful.

The drama show is literally less than a week away so everything is tense and everybody is on edge and stressed wanting to get everything to perfection. The energy is buzzing throughout class.  

20/03/14 Mnd

Today we went through a few short scenes including my own when puck is on his way to deliver the good news that he put the spell on Lysander to make everyone in love only to find out later he made things worse.  He then comes across the mechanicals rehearsing and turns bottoms head into a donkey for fun. 

During this scene rob gave me feedback on saying my lines differently and making a clear understanding of what it meant "what hempen homespuns have we swaggering here" in translation "what the hell do we have here? What's going on? What mischief can I cause?" 

We decided from the feedback to pick up the script when the mechanicals are reading it so it looks like the script is floating in the air freaking out the mechanicals and getting a laugh from the audience by their facial expressions. At the end of the scene when bottom walks of stage I wave my wand/magic potion to indicate I'm the one who magics bottoms head. 

18/03/14 Mnd

On Tuesday I worked with both groups working on the plays from beginning to the end.After that was done we saw which scene needed the most work It was the lovers scene in the woods where Sarah and Andrea fight and have arguments and the final scene where the Lords and attendants including Theseus and Hippolyta watch the mechanicals play. This scene needs the most work as it is dragging badly and has no interest to the audience I think the way this scene can be improved is the lovers up their pace and feed off of each other quickly  There also needs to be a lot more energy. 

After lesson myself and Toriek decided to take it upon ourselves to develop the blue groups fight scene with hangela and killah, making it dramatic and funny with punches and kicks and not forgetting slaps with it being slightly slapstick we added in Connor and Eliot picking up hangela as she screams along the lines of scrapping killahs eyes out hangelas legs dangle in the air as if she's running on the spot.

The scene now looks fantastic and very on edge for the audience we are yet to show rob and josh the improvement and see what they think.