Me and Alex thought we would go over all of the group scenes, finishing the blocking for scene 5. We would decide at the start of the rehearsal if there was a need for a group game at the beginning based on the energy of the cast, and if we feel they need focus we will do a run through of scene 1 in order to regain their focus. We then agreed that if we finished working on the group scenes we should move onto the duologue scenes as it is technically only the end of scene 5 that needs to be blocked.
Rehearsal
At the rehearsal, both our Cathy (Daisy W) and Lea (India) were unavailable, due to this, working on any group scenes seemed an invaluable use of time as the cast would be missing to of the strongest voices within the group scenes, therefore we decided that we would have the cast in groups working on different sections of script. We had Mark (Jake) and Jan (Daisy V) developing there characters, working on the pace of their scenes and going over the blocking of positions. Brian (Zack) would help Adam (Sam) with learning his monologue, suggesting ideas of tone. Alex said he would flit between the two in order to keep watch while I focused on blocking the final scene of the play which includes Rachel (Freya) and Phil (Felix). We let the group have a game of their choice which they could play independently to give myself and Alex time to discuss the plan due to the fact we were unable to do what we wanted.
We agreed on a character development of making Rachel have a thing for Phil, and the end scene, although being a way to communicate to the audience the way nothing seems to have changed (Phil's relunctance to reply) but how everything has changed, the characters development, Rachel's new fondness of Phil & the group no longer being a 'clique'.
I then explained to Freya and Felix my feelings for the last scene, as I feel that if they have an understanding of the context and subtext they will be able to perform it better. I explain how Rachel was attempting to replace Lea with that style of monologue. This meant there was an underlying tone of Rachel wanting Phil in a more romantic way, where as Phil remains reluctant, even more so now Lea has gone. Rachel at the beginning of our half of the script was the 'ring leader' figure, but now the trauma is over, the group no longer exists - this means she no longer has that reputation to keep up and she can follow through on feelings she has for someone who before would've been in a different clique and therefore not an option for
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