I've had a very, very busy week (which is partly why my blogging is quite late), and next week is proabably going to be just as busy. Last week we finished off our display, the title still needs to go up but me and Rich think another layer of paint is needed first, began our research projects into set design and had the treat of watching Alexa and Grace's TPPPs, which was exciting and slightly scary. For the design prject I am looking at Appia and Craig and their work/what they believed the role of set design to be. I have changed my mind from working on the laptop to doing it by hand as I find I work better with my hands than on a laptop.
Alexa is a standard student so her TPPP was 7 images and twenty minutes, even though she went over by two and she had to rush to fit everything in showing me how hard it is. Grace is higher, like our drama ensemble, so she had 10 images and half an hour to talk through them. All the way through the presentation she kept talking about how "on reflection..." which is like Mr F's top tip when it comes to the TPPP. She was slightly under on time but I was so surprised she managed to talk for nearly half an hour, she did really well! My big worry is the timing, when I get nervous I tend to speak faster and I'm quite worried that I won't be able to last out for 30 minutes, but I know I just need to go steady.
Me and Richard also spent two of our nights last week collecting money for Theatre Versus Oppression at a german play being held at our school, I was very grateful we were allowed to collect and on the second night we were even allowed to watch the play. While german is not our forte, me and Richard we had a good enough grasp of the storyline and could sort of tell what was going on. What I did enjoy though was the way the stage was set out, with tables placed at a v on stage with the point facing the back of the stage, the actors used the space really well and when they moved into the centre of the v it really helped focus the audiences attention on them. There was also a board to the side of the stage, which at key parts of the piece was graffited with words and pictures and at one point even ripped up with a knife, I couldn't quite understand the significance of it allong with the play, but it looked really good.
My primary play premiered last week and I am so proud of all the children who took part and can't believe how Kate and Liz did it. In rehearsals we had really struggled with getting the children to be quite and with their cues, but they did so well when it came to the performance, being virtually silent backstage, knowing where they had to be and when, their projection was fantatsic and there were few prompts needed. There energy was the best as well, they carried everything off so well, and looked so pleased with themselves at the end of the performaces, they didn't want to stop.
And just as one production ends another begins. This week I'm helping with the year 7 to 9 play. On sunday we had a full day rehearsal which is the first one I went too and so I was just familarizing myself with the script and the scenery and staging. I'm working on the make up with some of the year ten girls, I've been put in charge of the Gods and Goddesses, which I'm slightly nervous about becuase the make up we used for the dress rehearsal wasn't that good and so I wasn't able to do what I wanted, I am also working as a stage manager with Richard and a team of year tens. It is the first time I've worked in the role of stage manager and I am really enjoying it. I delegated out roles so that everyone is in charge of something, Laura L, Ruby, Ella and Anna are on the two doors either side of the stage and making sure actors are ready for their cues, on the night they will need to fetch the children from their rooms and take them to the doors. Eleanor and Laura F are going to be in charge of props and helping moving things on stage. Me and Richard are in charge of scenery and coordinating backstage. On wednesday I annotated my script and then made a table of what happens when and everything that needs to be on stage, who needs to be ready. I photocopied all these so that every member of the team has one. The second rehearsal on the friday went much much better than the first, and I can not wait for teh plays to start!!! And for more oppurtunities to collect for TvO..
Georgia Stanley
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