01/03/13 Plan

I want to begin this rehearsal with another Vocal and Physical warm up to prepare for the rehearsal. I also want to play a warmup game called "that's right Bob" where my cast will improvise on a topic selected by someone else. This should get them familiar or refamiliarised with storytelling and making that story clear to an audience. I then want to play the warmup game 'Magic Rock' where I shout out an entity of some sort, e.g. a pirate, and my cast have to create a larger than life interpretation of that character. We came up with some good material yesterday for scene 1, so I want to go over that again, and hopefully, we can create material for scenes 2 and 3 as well.

28/02/13 Evaluation

The first rehearsal went exceptionally well. We began with a game of zip zap boing to get the cast energetic and ready to work. I also go them to repeat a few tongue twisters to aid them vocally. We then played an improvisational game I invented called 'speed dating' in which they came up with a fictional identity for themselves and went on fictional dates with each other. This helped the cast build a fun working relationship with each other and allowed them to express their creativity. We then did as read-through of the script. I requested that my actors stand when they speak to help emulate the feeling of being a narrator. Afterwards we had a good discussion about the play which I believed helped them decide how they would perform the play. I realised that I had fulfilled all my objectives for today and decided to begin blocking the beginning of scene 1. The play came naturally to my cast and great ideas from them became incorporated into the beginning of the blocking. Afterwards, I asked if they had any questions, to which Chelsea asked what my ground rules were. I explained that they were very basic rules to which they should do normally anyway, eg. text me if they will be late or absent. I thanked them for a great rehearsal and set a deadline of 21st of March to learn their lines. I received great feedback about my rehearsal from Amy Legge including "Lovely rapport with your actors creating a really positive rehearsal process."

I also realised a few things I would need to work on specifically with my cast. At the moment, Lewis is narrating and trying to make the script funny. However, what makes the script funny is the fact that the narrator portrays it seriously. I will try to work with him on that. Eleanor isn't putting as much effort into physicality as I need her to. This may be a confidence issue which I will try to correct soon.

28/02/13 Plan

I want to begin my first rehearsal with a few physical and vocal warmups to get them focused for the rehearsal. I then want to try out a game I invented called 'Speed Dating' where each actor invents a bizarre Over-the-top character and goes on a catastrophic dinner date with someone. I want to do this so my cast and myself become more familiar with each other. After that, I want to do a read-through of the script and then have a discussion about it afterwards. I want to make sure that they are familiar with the story and understand it well enough to discuss it with each other.