The week starting 10th November

The week starting 10th November

This week we have been working in the hall so we have had the room to perform it as we will, in the space it will be in. We started working on the opening of the show, creating different ideas in smaller groups all using the same music (the same as the west end production). Our idea was to incorporate Christopher's love of maths and the idea that he doesn't fit in or think in the same way as everyone else. Our sequence consisted of us moving in sync into different shapes surrounding Christopher. We all came back together and combined our ideas to create our beginning sequence. In our other lessons we worked on the lifts sequence at the London train station, making them smoother and fitting it to music. As we had music left we added some more group lifts onto the end, using not just Karl. 

I think our opening sequence is now much more professional and fits better with the play. The sleekness of the patterning really sets the tone of the play and prepares the audience for a high standard. Adding music also makes it more interesting for the audience to watch and so they will be attentive from the start. The London train station has been improved a lot with the music and adapting a couple of the lifts that weren't working, also people are more confident with their lines so we can start running it properly. 

At the end of the lesson we watched some videos of the National Theater's production and some different clips about the play. 

Physical theatre clip

Ensemble acting clip

I think we worked well this week as a group, combining all of our ideas to create a really good opening. Also everyone is becoming more confident with their lines and characters which really adds to the performance and makes it seem nearer to being a real show. 

To improve what we have worked on I think people just need to keep working on their lines and becoming completely confident with them, especially the London train station so we can rehearse it how it will be for the performance. It will also allow us to solidify timings now that we have music and so we can see if anything else needs to be added.