Shakespeare Character Blog - Term 4

Recently, I did a dress rehearsal in the new Theater where I will be performing our future show. This was very helpful to me because it gave me an insight of what the actual show would be like.
A few days before I got given a sheet of the plan of the theater onstage and backstage which prepared me and helped me to understand where I'll be entering the stage and going off, basically we were given a head start.

In addition, I was able to dress in my costume for the first time which helped me get into character. Here is what my costume looked like: 

In this dress rehearsal, we did it with the technical team which helped both sides of the production as we were able to practice as if it were the real show. This helped me learn my cues, as that was the part I found most difficult when rehearsing for the shows.

During the first run through, there was a special light that was meant to be used for 'Duke Senior' as we enter the stage when standing behind the set, however I was standing in that position, I later then learned that Faye and I were meant to swap sides, this helped me because in the future our positions when entering on stage wouldn't be so messy, which made it easier for us, as we did this part with ease during the second run through.

Although the actual set was limited, we were told not to restrict ourselves just to that specific space but we were told to use all of the space when on stage. This suits my character as we are meant to be in a forest which is free, therefore making it more believable to the audience when watching.

Furthermore, in both rehearsals our show was running for 2 hours, which was meant to be minimized to 1 hour 30 minutes, this means that we have to work as a team to do things faster and adapt the pace of our speaking but making sure that it is still understandable for the audience.