Wednesday 11th May

Today is the day before the show and its when everyone is starting to get really nervous and excited about the show, including myself. I know the show will be amazing but there is just so much to think about and has to be in order for the show to be brilliant. 

The run through we did today was so good and it was the best we had ever done it. No one forgot there lines and if they did I didn't notice. The energy in the room was amazing and was making everyone work so hard in order for the run to be great. Everyone's acting  was strong and I was really impressed with Esther who is playing Titus Andronicus 2. What I think Esther did really well was she started experimenting and trying new things with her lines. In addition to this, I think everyone really stepped it due to the tech run where everyone was really disappointed in. Ben said that having a bad tech run is good thing as you need a bad run before the actual performance and I guess he was right. Because we all really wanted this run to go amazing!

The Haka was the best that we had everyone done it and we are looked crazy and terrifying (in a good way) .  We all put so much energy into it which is a good thing as this starts the whole show off to a really strong point. This is what has been missing when we have been doing Haka before as it just looked like some teenage girls clapping however now we look like strong and scary warriors, which is what we want.

Another part in the show which was worked was the love day dance. Everyone was fully committed and our breath was in time with one another.  The most important thing I have learn from Ben is how important our breath and how that has to be connected with bodies. The love day dance is a perfect example of this and we were all going up and down in time out breath and I really wish we filmed because I really want to see how it looked.  In addition to this, Katie and I eye contact was really good as we didn't take our eyes off one another once. I think this made the improvised non- contact connection even stronger as we weren't look at anyone else.

In addition to this, the use space was really good as in the tech run we started to clump together and only share our performance with each other and not to the audience.  I think this could of been due we are more comfortable performing in a theatre room than we were in the new theatre as it was the first time we rehearsed in there.  I thin when it comes to tomorrow it will be fine as we will know what not to do. In addition to this, we had a warm up which was really helpful as we did new exercises such as putting our arms out and sharply moving in and out in order for us to allow are arms to flow naturally when we perform. When I did this is really hurt and I thought that this would do the opposite for me as it made me want to relax my arms and not work them. 

However, when I started to act in the role of Marcus I did start to notice a difference in the way I reacted with the given circumstances and how I express my objectives. For example, at one point at grabbed Katie's hand to grab her attention. I didn't even mean to do this it was just a natural response which is something I have learnt on Wednesday.

Another technique on Wednesday was not to wobble. I never noticed this before but in my monologue I tend to wobble which makes my foot not grounded and connected to floor. This is another I have learnt in the process of Titus Andronicus is how important the walk of your character and wobbling isn't something people do in real everyday all the time. In order to stop me from doing this Ben got me to play Granma foot steps. I honestly didn't know what this game as I cant remember playing it as kid and games where really my thing as a kid. I didn't really know why I was playing it until I started to notice that my feet was grounded when Sybil turned around and looked at me and I completely froze. In addition to this, I took a lot more care where I was walking and how I was walking. I found this is really helpful because I will apply it to my monologue.

Overall, I am really happy with how the run went which has made all the girls so excited for tomorrow. Also, it was such a good feeling to know that the run went really well and I think this is motivate us to want to feel that way again tomorrow.