This lesson was particularly special as this was our first look at our set. Although the platform was not there, along with a few other details, it was amazing to see the set in real life instead of picturing it in our heads. After TTA showed us where the exits and entrances were (one of which I did not even know existed), I began to look at the set in more detail. The cauldron was a lot larger than I thought it would be therefore making me wonder how deep it would be as the blood packs would be in there; discovering a layer of cloth inside, it was deep but not as deep as I thought it would be. There was a lot less performing space as I had imagined! The border that looked like a dirty mound/hill looked very effective although Ben mentioned that he would want us barefoot and the 'dirt' was really sharp that I can imagine it would cut our feet and ruin our costume.
Running First Half of The Play
Again, we aimed to run the whole play in the two hours of allotted time we had however we did not seem to get any further than we did yesterday. As the weeks go on, I am noticing more and more how I am not living up to my full potential, which is really upsetting me as I feel as if something is holding me back. When we were running this section, I realised, when playing Mutius, that I am not properly playing my objectives. For next week, I need to shape up and ensure that my performance does not lack anything.
The maggot pile at the beginning proved to be quite a struggle when the cauldron was in the way as it was in the centre. Also, I seemed to be quite detached from the rest of the ensemble so I found it hard to interact with them in the pile. I am hoping that we can work a bit more on getting over this problem in the Tech run next week.
The run was going really well until people started losing their focus. Especially in the tree formation, the ensemble was growing more and more restless. I am quite worried that this play isn't going to go as planned although we all know the running order, our cues and our lines as we are not giving Ben enough time to direct in detail.
While Chloe and Sybil were having a moment on stage, we were all in the wings. As this scene was taking quite a lot of time to get through, we were all growing more and more restless and talking, which Ben and the rest of the crew could hear, therefore we were drawing attention to ourselves meaning that we need to make sure that we are disciplined for the performance as we do not want the audience to stop watching what is on stage. Despite this, Chloe's moment with Sybil never fails to amaze me as Chloe really throws herself into the scene and makes one of the best scenes in the play! I really learn a lot from watching Chloe in this scene as she teaches me what I need to do to make my acting better, not just in Shakespeare but as a whole!
As we didn't get to get to the end half of the play, I assumed we were going to do it in the afternoon however, due to my ill state, I had to go home before I got worse therefore I did not get to my other scene, unfortunately, making the rehearsals fall behind.
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