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- I feel as though the play starts off quite trivially, people are angry and protesting, but they don't seem to know why. Then John arrives trying to be a catalyst for change, he seems to be giving people a reason to be angry, so everyone thinks, yeah, that'll do. At first I quite liked him, and things seem to be going somewhere and we think he makes a difference, and then it all goes wrong again when everyone realises that we still don't really know why things happen the way they do. It's quite a morbid view on life, and part of it is political, but behind all that it seems like a comment on the way we live our lives and the point of it all. I feel like the play is about complaining, and why we do it, and how insignificant our little lives are in the grand scheme of things.
13 Read through
What makes a good read through?
- Listening to one another and listening to the lines for the first time, making opinions early on
- A good pace
- Taking notes as we go along
- Thoughtfulness
- Concentration
- Patience with each other, we are reading for the first time
- Energy, don't lose it
- Confidence in initial character choices
What is required for a good rehearsal process?
- Dedication
- Co-operation
- Listening and understanding
- Trust
- Emotional availability
- Connecting with breath, 'moving as one heartbeat'
- Hard work, giving 100% and leaving troubles outside the rehearsal room
- Stretching (body fuzz), so we are physically available to work alongside the emotion
- Pushing further with concentration, even when there are distractions
- Respecting each other
- Looking after one another
- performing to three sides
