Weekly Review 3rd-7th november.

1...During the rehersal process this week we have been running through Act one, without scripts, this is because we have been learning our scripts at home, we also practiced in the hall because thats where we will be performing on the 26th november. Over this week we have also been working on the movement of our characters, my character is Mr Alexandra, so he is going to be old and be dependent on a walking stick he carries round, i also play, (London Transport Policeman, its a completely different character to Mr Alexandra, a policeman will stand tall and walk around with a high reputation, i can definitley see the performance coming together nicely, it seems to flow more and eveyone remembers the lifts and physical aspects.

  2... At home i have been focusing on act 1, and have learnt as much as i can, I have also been researching more into aspergers at home ( see seperate post) and i have learnt more about christophers character, now i understand why he feels the way he does, and why he sees the world as he does. I have also posted pictures of what i think my character should look like onstage. This is helping me to understand how my character should look and walk, Mr Alexandra is a very old man, and he leans on his stick to show weakness, like most old people do. I also noticed that both Christopher and Mr Alexandra are very vulnerable, Mr Alexandra is old and can't move around well, and Christopher has Aspergers and can't co-ordinate properly, making both characters slightly weaker than the other main characters.

3... Another thing I've been doing is learning/watching online videos of the curious incident, i have been looking specifically on the movement and physical theatre, and taking alot of ideas that we can use in our Performance, which is really coming along well now. I like how we can easily show what Christophers mind looks like through physical theatre, it really shows us and the audience, what it must be like to suffer with aspergers.

4... I think next week we are going to look at some physical theatre aspects of the show, we will also start practicing in the hall to get used to the space, because this is where we are going to be performing the show. Our performing arts tops will hopefully arrive next week aswell! Which I'm really looking forward to

5... All i need to do now is carry on learning my lines and researching more online about the play, like finding videos and taking ideas, to make our show look as professional as possible