Technical Week 1st December - 5th December

1st December

Today was the first day of the technical week we started by rehearsing in the space and also starting to use the lighting we had already plotted till Luis came for health and Safety once Luis came we started running thought from the beginning programming in the lights as well as using Qlab for the backgrounds.

While I was on stage Luis did any changes to the lights with me giving him a hand and once I was off stage i was Programming in the lights and operating the follow spot and rigging any specials that we needed at the time, and we couldn't rig without the cast on stage.

Overall the day was very Productive and due to me and Luis rigging the week before allowed us to get into the theatre on the Monday and that doesn't normally happen on a tech week. So at the end of the day all act one and some of act two was lit and therefore we were able to rehearse in the space allot more.

2nd December

28th November 2014

Today after our singing lesson we did a full run though with philip in the theatre with also using some of the lights that I had already programmed with Luis. During the run we were able to perform the songs and dances in the space this gave us a real idea of how much space we had and how much space we wouldn't of had.

I thought the run went good but i didn't manage to get the timing for single ladies 100% right the first couple of times and we also needed to rehearse the song sheet and make up a real plan for what we were going to do so it was always entertaining for the audience.

NEXT WEEK TECH WEEK !!!!!

27th November

Today Was our last rehearsal before technical week , So everyone decided that we would run from act 2 , even though i did agree with working on act 2 due to it being the weakest act but I did want us to have run the whole show due to going over act 2 allot because we needed to improve it allot. We had Philip for the whole run of act 2 starting with single ladies but was starting to get worried not having my heels yet  and having to do all the dances in them.

We ran act 2 and realised that it did need allot more work due to some lines not being read correctly and also songs and choreography not being  learnt this is worrying and stressful that the last rehearsals allot of mistakes are still happening.

We then decided that we needed to run act 2 again to improve people lines and just running the whole of act 2 together with the songs and the dances.

Overall I think the rehearsal went ok and act 2 did defiantly improve but we should have been in this position after half turn so we could work on the sharpness of the panto but at the moment the lines are not always right and the characterization is not all there. I think it really needs to improve and hope with costume it will.

21st November 2014

Today we Finished the Zipardy doo daa Dance thankfully Elouisa had taught me what they had learn't last time while I was at a dentist appointment. We started by going over from the top to where the learn't up to last time, this helped me allot because it allowed me to practice with everyone and add a bit of character to the start of the piece.

Shelley then choreographed the next part of the song till the end the movements were simply but also allowed us to work on the slickness off the movements. I did like having simpler movements because in the show I would have to perform the dance in high heels. At the end of the lesson we practised the song with Philip this also helped us so we could practise the song while singing and also with the correct tempo music.

20th November 2014

Today we were all off book and we started to run the show with the songs and dances that we had already choreographed if we were not on the stage we all helped each other Alex started to choreograph All the single ladies with the people who weren't on stage this really helped with people not getting distracted by there phones and people did really get into the work.

Also having Philip in the lesson really did help as Philip was able to get an idea for the show but also allowed us to practice a run of the show without having to use backing tracks and actually use the tempo I think this also made people realise how near the panto was.

13th November 2014

Today Rob came into our class to help us with the jokes and audience interaction and characterization of certain characters. This was supposed to happen in robs lesson on the Wednesday but because of only a couple of us turning up, I asked rob would he be able to attend Thursdays lesson to help with everything.  We started to run act one and straight from the start rob really helped picked up the energy of the show by  interacting us on stage. Rob also helped by adding some jokes and highlighting specific movements to stand and and really help with the character.

We also During the lesson defiantly found out that Robia would not be coming back to college and therefore would not be performing luckily Tracy had already asked Elliot . I was happy about this due to having worked with Elliot before and know that he would put in the effort needed and would play the role well.

Overall I think this lesson went well because it gave everyone a proper feel of what it was like to have an audience and also helped people with there characters.

11th November 2014

Today I wasn't able to do the rehearsal do to having a dentist appointment but before i left i gave out the rehearsal schedule that we all agreed on.

While I missed the rehearsal I will defiantly get ask for someone to teach me the dance to zippardy doo daa before the next lesson.