Last Rehearsal
Due to this being our last rehearsal with the cast before the technical and dress rehearsal, we made sure that everyone was comfortable with what was going on and we did as many run-throughs of the piece as possible in the two hours.
We found that the first run-through was quite rocky as the cast had realised that our performance was coming closer and their nerves began. We reassured them that everything was going to be alright if they each did what we had told them to do and carried on if something went wrong. In the run-throughs after this, the cast settled into the style and we began to see a piece that is worthy of an audience emerging. The speed of the lines was excellent as one subject fed onto another and, even though I'd seen it multiple times, I started to become re-interested in what they were saying and it really made me think about the subjects that were highlighted especially B's paragraph which highlights that free will is not really as free as we thought. It's more conditioned from each individuals previous experiences and the outcome that we had got from them. If the outcome was positive, we are more likely to do that action again, whereas if the outcome was negative, we are less likely. I began to think about directing in this way, as I am conditioned
Before the rehearsal, we made sure that, if needed, we had cut-to-lines which are set lines that the cast know and can jump to if they have lost their place in the script. We did one run through to make sure whether we did need them or not and we found that in later sections they could need them but if they made a mistake, they were ready to move on and forget about it. There are certain lines that seem to be missed in nearly every run through and so we made sure that there were back up people ready to say those lines in case the person forgot to say them. Having these back up people allows us, as directors, to be sure that the next topic that is brought up makes sense and we know that no key ideas are lost or not mentioned.
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