Tech Week

As we have been working more on the Arabian Nights play I have gained more belief in it. The play ranges in different emotions and how you’re on the edge of your chair wondering what will be happening next.

Today we worked on the different ways to interpret trees, markets etc. We put four individual scenes we have worked on together and are putting the finishing touches to the thrilling stories of the play.
Chantell Mason

Phew!! What a tiring week so far! However it is a lot of fun and it’s good to start work on the play. The atmosphere is really good and the casts are really supportive of each other.
Becky Davies and Robbie Taylor Hunt

I am really enjoying rehearsals at the moment. I have been given another scene, to perform to do with superheroes, which will be fun.
Hannah Cade

We are really enjoying the rehearsal process and discovering our characters and learning the etiquette of the time.
We have also had our costume fitting which was fun and have more of an idea what the stage will look like.
We are looking forward to performing the show.
Katie Webster, Daniel Reynolds and Alice Humphreys

Rehearsal is discovery and I have started to unfold my character to find a more complex person that I first thought. Through movement and etiquette sessions I have also become more aware of how life would have been in the time. I have learnt lots.
Andrew Livingstone

So we've just finished our first week of rehearsing "Arabian Nights" and it's going quite well. We're a little behind schedule but what we've done is pretty solid and I'm looking forward to getting our teeth into the second act. This week we've been doing some stuff on relationships between the four storytelling characters, experimenting with physical theatre and putting together a wedding dance which is going to be used a number of times in the play. The other day we saw a photo of the set and I have to say it looks pretty impressive: it'll be exciting to get the play up on that and out of the rehearsal room!-Natalie