So there won’t be a breakdown of the days in this week’s blog because we’re now getting into blocking/dancing and going through that process.
Why yes I am a dancing block (seriously this is all that comes up on google)
Adey has a different style of Directing from any Director I’ve worked with, however it does remind me of my Director Lawrie for RENT, Chicago & Miss Saigon and he certainly had a vision and it always came to fruition in the end. Adey’s way of blocking it’s to basically tell you where you should be in each scene while going through the dialogue on stage and then it’s up to us to remember it and then play around with it, he’s said to not particularly enjoy show’s that have been choreographed or staged to an inch of their life because it doesn’t come across as realistic. Thinking about it I’d agree with him for the most part, except that some shows just seem to work with a more structured discipline, however this is NOT one of those shows and that’s why I love it. Being given the opportunity to not be confined is quite an refreshing experience, it lets you understand your surroundings while trying things out and then note them in your head what is and isn’t working. Also to feel comfortable enough to tell a Director your ideas has been another great thing about Adey, Chanelle and I had seen some ‘Follow Your Heart’ scenes on Youtube and as you would know from previous posts I’m not really one to copy another person, but there was a bit in one of the videos that we both really liked and we suggested it and it’s stayed in the show! Honestly I don’t think we’ve quite got it down the way we’d like to but with more rehearsing it’ll be a nice little extra to look out for.
Probably about right haha
So throughout the week we’ve made it through almost all of the show now and it’s cool to see it come together and also to ‘get’ the show a little more because I’ll be honest, I read the script once and other than the read-through I couldn’t really remember too much that went on when I wasn’t on stage (vain much?). Ian Fenwick is doing a great job as Hope’s father Mr Cladwell and central villain of the show, he really understands the kind of show this is and acts accordingly while I don’t think I’m not there just yet but I feel like I’m getting there slowly. What I do think I need to do is just keep in mind a few things that were brought up in the character breakdowns like being alive/excitable/like an electric surge, you know foreign things to me that I’ve not really played before, if you look at my characters in some of my previous shows my characters can be a bit of a downer. You’ve got Roger the depressed HIV sufferer who’s girlfriend killed herself in the next room, Amos the lovable but invisible guy who’d even lie for his adulterous wife, John who although started out thinking he was amazing and treated the Vietnam war as a bit of a party and then doing a 180 and realizing the suffering the war caused so many half-bred children hmmmm yep major buzz kill with those characters. It was funny on Sunday though, the one time I don’t mean to act like Bobby I did, we’re missing a step on our set that helps you get to a higher piece of set and instead of sort of climbing up I jumped it and almost fell but then saved myself and Adey said that that was exactly the way Bobby would do things, so it was a funny happenstance that somehow worked out well (minus the nearly falling part). Anyway getting back to Ian, he’s got the facial expressions down so well, he seems to understand how most of the lines should be used in his scenes and I definitely look at him as someone who I could learn things from, Sharon has also been working super hard, not only with her characterization of the evil yet still endearing Ms Pennywise but also with her exercise routine, I haven’t known her for a very long time but from when we first met till now she’s certainly changing and looking FANTASIC! I have to talk about my Ma (Marie) too as she’s such a lovely woman and is doing some hilarious things with her role too. Plus I know she’s a reader of this blog so SHOUT OUT TO ALL THE MUM/MOM’S OUT THERE. This is the hard part of writing my blog because you’re slowly becoming closer with each other, you have different people shining at different rehearsals and you don’t want to miss anyone out or make them think that you think they’re awful but I can happily say that I love this cast and everything they’re doing. They’re passionate, hilarious, welcoming individuals and give great hugs, especially Amanda who seems to be the exact right height for me to give lots of standing up cuddles without getting in the way of other conversations (yes Amanda you’re now my accessory and you shall be by me at all times hehe).
Kinda like how thses guys take their dogs AND nana's outfits everywhere EVEN on a runway!
Now I said in the last blog that I’d give you the story about the Black Baby that turns up randomly but alas you’ll have to wait another time since it hasn’t appeared again (I may have also forgot to look around for it) and I want to take a photo so you can see the scariness of it. Other than that, the sets currently being painted and it’s looking very white at the moment and given the subject matter I don’t see that colour being the last coat lol. It’s all really coming together though guys and I can’t wait for you to see the finished product of this less than conventional show.
I LOL'ed at this for about an hour, it's true except some of my friends seem to think the show's I've done are as well done as Wicked........they're obviously uneducated :P
A big thanks goes out to everyone who’s keeping up with the blog, I’m getting more comfortable writing it and I’m sure you’ve now realized now it’s structure, punctuation and grammar are all out the door but oh well, I’m not trying to win an essay competition with is this lol. Also a great big YEAH BOI to the 500+ visitors who’ve read the blog so far and I’ve worked it out that we have 16 in our cast and provided they’ve all read the blog (which I don’t think is likely) that’s only roughly 80 visits from them, then add in the production staff we’re looking at about 100ish views so there’s a possibility on average 80 other people are reading this per week which means (to those not affiliated with the show: BUY YOUR TICKETS, TELL YOUR FRIENDS AND COME ENJOY A GREAT SHOW
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