Tuesday 24th lesson A Act 2 run

In today's rehearsal we all decide as a class that we should focus on act 2 as it is the scene we have payed less attention too over the rehearsal process. To start the lesson off we discussed our production roles. Myself and Holly Hos where in charge of lighting . To be successful in our production roles we would make notes of when the lighting would change and what colours we wanted to use as we read through the script . For example When Lisa is in the field with the goat we noted , green , blue and yellow light to show the change of an out door environment to the audience.
Holly wrote up a full lighting plan for the show with our notes and I went over it highlighting key changes in colour, scene and any flashing sequences to make it clear to anyone do lighting.

First Holly's cast went through Act2 and my cast sat and watched. It was clear that people where unsure of ques and simple stage directions, which is understandable as there is alot of simple repetition in act 2 and it is easy to get lost in what section you are at . Especially for myself and Holly as we are just lying down and sleeping in some sections of act 2 . To peer support holly I remember when she had dialogue after a long period of time after just stage directions. I told her to count each time a nurse came in to give Lisa her drugs . For example 1. Nurse come in and gives Lisa pills , no dialogue. 2. nurse comes in and gives Lisa pills no dialogue . 3. Is the first bit of dialogue and moment. This was useful for Holly and myself as it meant we could tell when movement and dialogue was coming up n the form of counts. This was my ow creative idea.

It was then my casts turn to run act 2 . I think we did really well to portray the level of tension and discomfort and the naturalistic and structured theme and style of act 2. Also I thought i understood the expressive contrast in act 2 . Unlike act 1 Lisa is very hostile and disconnected in act 2. I picked up that again unlike act 1 where Lisa is in control of her fate and can be of high status , Lisa is of a low status in act 2 with all of her choices being made for her . However like in the other cast lines and ques where a problem . Once the lines are sharper and more fluid myself and Luke will be able to portray our characters relationship  with a clearer understanding of distance between Vince and Lisa.