Rehearsal 7 - Prep for Performance and Evaluation of group

• We looked at attitude in our character's voice. This is all down to whether you understood the subtext of the current dialogue which is important. The attitude brings life to the scene and makes it more believable for the audience
• Stage set up - The stage was set up with a bed in centre stage; a table back stage; two chairs with a cloth over them to give image of a sofa on stage right and behind them is a bench.
•  It is important to use the stage to the maximum capacity because if the scene is too close together then it dies out and it is easy for the audience to lose interest in the scene
• Filling in the blanks - doing something while not speaking so it isn't just purely waiting for your cue
• Carry on your energy - don't lose energy after saying your lines
• Visualising the scene and setting as your character would because it is easier to act that scene as your character if you're playing them

Today in the rehearsal of The Cherry Orchard, the group worked well to an extent. In my opinion, many people were thinking too much about being natural and it became completely unnatural because of it. People were over thinking about what they were doing making it odd and not right. For most people this was clear and in my opinion, it ruined the scene.