Week Commencing 15th of January

 Monday 15th of January

Today we all got into groups for which character we want to audition for in connections and I chose to go for Tristan.  Once we got into those groups we went around the circle and explained why we have chosen to go for that character and how we would perform them.  We also chose which scene we would use to audition with and also if we needed to audition with another person.  After this everyone who was doing Alan's play, Snowdrop, ran through scenes that required an ensemble, such as when he was at a train station, or first arrived in London.

Tuesday 16th of January 

Today since it was only a 1st year lesson, we learnt about a man named Brecht who wrote a large play about what was happening in different peoples lives during World War II.  He was a naturalistic playwright who wanted to use his plays to educate people and not as comedic so the audience could see themselves as the people on stage.  During this lesson we all got into groups and performed a short scene from his play about the war.  After this I practiced my audition scene for tomorrow with Evie for a few hours.

Wednesday and Thursday the 17th and 18th of January

On these days we all did our auditions for connections.  For mine and Evie's audition, we did the scene near the end of the play, where Tristan finds Dana in the library and tries to convince her to speak. When she tries to leave, he yells and begins to run around the library screaming, 

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