Rehearsals in the Theatre

On Friday, we started rehearsals in the New Theatre. I was a little nervous, because I had missed the last run through due to a University Interview and I couldn't remember much of what we had done before Christmas. However, it seemed that everyone was in the same boat and was struggling to remember.

We went through each section really slowly and ran bits that we could remember, it all came back to me really quickly, there were a few new movements, but they are really simple and I was able to pick them up very quickly.

I think we were all a bit worried about how this Physical Theatre Show is going to come together, because no one could remember much and a lot of our focus has been on our separate Common Ground plays, however, I think, despite some talking and messing around, rehearsing it in the space was really productive and with a few more rehearsals and if we keep running it, it should be in good shape for Thursday's show.

We still need to develop some sections, some transitions and an ending for our show, but I think at the moment, it is looking like a rough outline of something good and if we focus and work hard, it will look really good by the end of the week. I think Friday was definitely needed, especially for the soldiers, to really go through and remember what we had done and now we can work on cleaning it and making sure that it is ready to be performed.