Rehearsals
Tuesday 6th October - It was my first day, all of us were in the theatre and I was finding out about the monologues and the play that I have missed as I came into the course later and we were going over what we had remembered from the last lesson which I wasn't in, some students did forget about their positions and their lines but one girl in our class did remember everything from the beginning to the end and she was telling us what is next and what we are supposed to do. Rob was checking the lights' effects so that all of us got used to what it feels like performing on the stage while rehearsing the play I was confused and didn't know what to do so I was just following everyone. The part that went well about the rehearsal was the concentration and that everyone did try their best to remember everything. The part that didn't go so well about the rehearsal was low energy, all of us looked like we just walked on the stage and most of us have forgotten the lines. I think all of us have to improve on the energy and staying in character, and also try to deliver the message while saying the lines.
Monday 12th October - On today's lesson, we were rehearsing our play over and over again. At first, students did not pay much attention but after a few tries, they did. While rehearsing, the teacher added an extra piece of the play when I and another student have to act like we were about to fight and later on shy because we get to see that we are not so different from one another by asking each other questions for example “where do you come from” and “ Do you like school?”. Afterwards, we were in the theatre and we were continuing with our rehearsal of the play. This time every student was focused and knew exactly what to do but I was still getting used to it as it was only my second rehearsal. I think that the part of the rehearsal that went well was how everyone did remember their lines and was focused while rehearsing in the theatre. I think the part that didn't go well was the lack of energy and concentration. I think that all of us have to improve on having more energy and try to be focused all the time in the rehearsals.
Tuesday 13th October - On this day, we were rehearsing the choreography that I have made for everyone as the last ending piece of the play for a song called This is Me. At first, I showed everyone the choreography and the teacher and students did love it but because it was way too long we had to learn only the first part of it. While teaching some students the movements step by step, they were complaining about the fact that it was way too easy but I had to make it easy so I couldn't change it. After that, we were rehearsing our play with the choreography as well and while rehearsing we were being recorded by our teacher so that later on when we got back home we could look back and see how we can improve ourselves on the performance. In the next lesson, we were in the theatre but only for 15 minutes, we were rehearsing our play as Rob had to go somewhere. The part that went well was that everyone was on good behaviour and when it came to learning the choreography those students who took part in it did well. The part that didn't go well was the lack of energy and not remembering the lines. I think that all of us have to remember our lines as the performance is on Monday and try our best to give everything we got on the rehearsals and performances.
Monday 19th October - Today was the last day to rehearsal for the performance, on first rehearsal we were just practising our play to get everything right and see what lights effect works great for every scene and monologue. On the second rehearsal, we run through the whole thing and then teaching students that took part the choreography to perfection so they remember every step before the performance. On the third rehearsal, we run through the whole play again and after lunchtime was our last rehearsal before the performance and on the last rehearsal, everyone was so full of energy. The part that did go well was that everyone was so full of energy and we have gained so much confidence. All of us worked so great as a team and I cannot wait for the next project as we got so much better at acting and our concentration got better as well.
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