Drama: Week Four

Monday 29^th September 2014

Today we continued to rehearse our pieces of Greek Theatre. We practiced doing our scenes in different styles, playing around with it to try and trying to get even more comfortable with them.

We also performed our pieces for Rob and he gave us feedback to help us improve for when we continued to rehearse. We also watched one another’s pieces, as we often do. I find it really helps to watch what the others are doing, as you can get inspiration from them and it’s  great to all work together and share our opinions and advice.

Later on in the day, some women from the London Transport museum turned up and talked to us about a project they were doing for 16-25 year olds. They invited us to join them and take part in the project, and a number of us signed up.

Tuesday 30^th September 2014

Today we continued to rehearse and work on our pieces, as well as performing them for Rob again to get further advice on how to continue improving. We were also given our written assignments.

Wednesday 1^st October 2014

Today we worked with Sharon, and she allowed us to have most of the lesson time for rehearsing our pieces. It was good to rehearse them in a different space and see what it was like doing it in another environment, even though it was only slightly different.

Jerome and I found it interesting to work in the dance studio, as we used the mirror to help us see our own piece and work on the staging.

We also did a bit of improvisation, playing a game which was influenced by our Greek Theatre. It was fun, and I always find improvisation helpful as it helps me to develop my flexibility as an actor. It’s also nice to do things like improvisation games because it gives us a chance to work as a team, which is always great.

Thursday 2^nd October 2014

Today we did more rehearsal and were given a chance to perform and practice our pieces in the theatre space where we will be performing for our assessments.

Some of the feedback which Rob gave to everyone in general was to make sure we avoid looking down, project effectively but avoid exclamatory acting, stay grounded and still in our space, get under the skin of our pieces, and keep a steady, slow pace.

The feedback he gave to Jerome and I was that our listening and reacting to one another was nice. He told me I should do some work on my facial expressions, and try to stay grounded and engage with the audience more.

Elvina, Ryan and I also helped out with some tech stuff that needed doing around the theatre, and it was cool to be involved with that and to get more used to working tech in the theatre.