Rehearsing the Four Groups

Work with the teams individually.

Team 2 Suzie, Stephanie, Noura and Kellie, Rebecca and Tracey making good progress marking out the scene and finding some good physical tactics. The text needs to be studied and learned and more physical variety put into it. Good.

Team I with Hannah, Annalaura, Keira, Stephanie, Laura, Nicola. This developed into working line-acting. Slowly we established the 'rules' for this:

Straight line across the front of the stage. Don't step off it. Any movement along the line or change of position is fine - so long as the actor rejoins the line as soon as is possible. Also we found we all needed to develop the full range of vocal energy. Group had to be given permission to use the top of their range 'Tragic' intensity. Otherwise it was all too polite. All too RSC.

Did the 'fight' between Dem and Lys with Herm and Eg joining in. Did A/L's interruption. NEXT WEEK MUST WORK WITH NICOLA ON END OF THAT ACT AND SECOND SCENE.

Team three. We sat back down again. Tried to locate the text. At the moment all the energy is being dissipated and generalised. This text may also benefit from line acting. Did work on getting Jessica and V to find their 'tragic' intensity. J did it without furrowing her brow, finally, and V did it by not flinging her eyes and hands around. Karine and Rhian seem to be able to locate it.

Saying, too that this wasn't a state they needed to be in all the time - but it is a state that they needed to be able to reach at will.