Today's rehearsal started later as Ben gave us a later start. We began by stretching however that was soon interrupted by talk of last night's show, Love's Labours Lost. We had a discussion about the show, along with the highs and lows of the show.
After this, we went straight into a full run. Before the rehearsal began, we all spoke of how our show is tomorrow yet we have not done a full run of the show without being interrupted by Ben's direction. Before we began, Ben announced that he would not be taking notes and he would not be interrupting us. Hearing this made me feel calmer running the show as Ben was not to be seen with his iPad to take notes therefore I felt as if I had more freedom to act in the way in which I want to without Ben's notes/judgements (although I do understand they are there to help).
This run went amazingly! You could really feel the energy in the room and how happy everyone was that it went well! The two lines, in which I kept tripping up on, came out fluidly, which completely stripped me of my fears of my performing in the play! As I was performing in the play, I used the opportunity of when I wasn't speaking to look around to see Ben's reaction to the piece; as far as I could see, he seemed very happy with how the play was going on!!
For the first time, when we were in the semicircle, everyone was engaging with their hands in a very interesting way therefore making the piece look more interesting. I have learnt so much from this lesson in the way that I can now see the errors in my ways previously in my attitude to the play as it is actually an amazing play and if I learnt my two lines better earlier on, the play would have been able to be more enjoyable for me and it would have flowed better.
Ben had no notes for us today but, in the afternoon, when we were trying on costume, he expressed to us how happy and calm he now feels about the piece and how he now has no worries about the progression of the play (He also pointed out how well I did in 'acing' those two lines, which makes me see that my efforts are not unnoticed).
I am very excited for tomorrow's performances and I know they are going to go really well if they are anything like todays!
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