Hello, Alex here to welcome you into our second week of
rehearsal, and it’s going rather swimmingly.
This week we’ve spent a lot of time devising short pieces
which focus on particular areas of Ernest’s – our main character's - life. We’ve
been incorporating music, movement and dialogue to help tell our stories whilst
using anything at hand as props/set.
The techniques we’ve been using to write our dialogue are
really simple ones, yet have produced some amazing stuff. Here are just a
few of the exercises:
- Write a love scene using only three letter words
- Write a duologue without using the letters A and E
- Free write for 15 minutes using an object as inspiration
These exercises don’t always create a full scene but they’re
a great place to start.
On Wednesday we explored the physical aspects of Ernest by
imagining and inhabiting his body; it was a great way to share our personal
vision of him with the rest of the group. We proceeded in creating his house and
improvising stories around his belongings, all building layers and history to his
life and story.
Ernest's house.
George's brilliant telescope.
We realised we hadn't jammed together since Northern Stage’s
Annual Dinner and it was well overdue, so we enjoyed a full day of singing,
playing and composing music for the show which ended in an enjoyable mini
concert.
Finally we spent Friday making stop motion films about
Ernest and She (oh yes our Ernest may well have a lady friend!) You can check
them out here https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=575844214286. We were all loving how handy Mr Blair is with his camera.
And on top of all this we managed to fit in directing the
StageDoor performance of ‘And It Cannot Come Again’ AND have a Malteser orientated
competition (pictures to follow soon). Phew!
Love from the NOFFICE
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