Weeks Review - 1

This week we were given our script on the play "Punk Rock". We had been work shopping a few plays, and had eliminated all but two "Punk Rock" and "The Handbag". Our production team would be split in two, 1 group for each play. After looking at a few scenes from both scripts I decided that I preferred "Punk Rock" and was delighted when I found that I was put in the group performing this play. In my group I have:

• Tom - playing William
• Dan - playing Bennett
• Kyle - playing Chadwick
• Meg - playing Cissy
• Theo - playing Nicholas
• Carl - playing Tanya

I play the character Lily Cahill who is Nicholas' girlfriend and Williams love interest. I am extremely happy with the people in my group as all of our differences can be brought together to make a brilliant performance. After getting our scripts we did a read through of the play. This is when I noticed that I have a lot of lines. Though I like the fact I have a strong role in the play, I am slightly apprehensive about remembering lines. I really like my character as my character has a lot of different sides to her. Allowing me to challenge my capabilities and develop skills. I haven't played a character that has a love interest before, so I am very excited to start pushing out of my comfort zone. This play is also a naturalistic performance, which I am not used to doing.

We also decided to make a few rules that we must all follow in our group. This will help us maintain a strong working order allowing us to stay focus and perform the play to the best of our ability. Our main issue, in my personal opinion, is staying on task. We are a close group and we are all very good friends, and often drift off task, wasting time. We also have a lot of disagreements in our group, because we are all so close and comfortable with each other. We recently had a disagreement in the group, that ended up being nothing more than a silly misunderstanding. This argument was resolved before the next rehearsal so we wouldn't waste any time.

In our play we have a shortage of girls. In our group Carl plays Tanya, who is of course supposed to be a girl. We decided to mould this character into Tristian, who is instead, a gay male. This also adds a comedic view on the play as Carl often has to imitate a girls scream or comment on other boys. I think this will still have the same effect on the audience as Tanya would have, if not better.

We were able to stage the first 2 scenes this week. We also staged the play, as it is all performed in the common room/library. The layout is simple, and we hope to get a backdrop with library shelves to put on the back of the stage.