Rehearsals
We started rehearsals in late September early October and had until the 3rd of December to have it performance. Compared to previous years and performances i found rehearsals this time around very laid back and somehow easier probably due to the fact that these performances were completely Devised by our self’s. I took around 2 weeks to be able to learn my lines of by heart and I found it relatively easy to memorise them this time around. During some of our rehearsals I struggled with trying to impersonate a German accent and make it sound some what realistic and general rather than it sounding as if I was taking the mick out of the accent. Out of all the accents I can do, I really struggled with this one the most. However I find doing my post british accent really easy and I enjoy doing it and the way that I sound.
Devising Scenes
I really enjoyed being able to Devise this peice compared to in the past when devising a much shorted peice I really struggled to create a peice that I enjoyed performing and was proud of. Through out the process of creating this performance I found it greatly helpful when Joe the comedian came in and did a workshop with us and helped us to create some puns and jokes for our script, it opened my eyes about how to be funny but be able to keep it respectful and un offensive.
Script Editing/Creating
Party scene- When we created the party scene it started off as us chucking ourselfs into the scene and just improvising as we went. We used at least 2 lessons just being in the scene that we had set up whilst impovising, as we knew we would be creating a party scene. I used some of the research I had done surrounding bradford during world war 2 to incorporate some real facts into the script being that ‘Hanson Lane’ was bombed and 11 people were sadly killed because of the bomb.
hospital scene
Guard scene
Ration Fashion scene- We created the idea if this scene whilst Joe the comedian came in and held a workshop with us, as a collective group and i really liked this idea. When we got the chance my self and another cast mate had a lot of creative freedom creating Ration Fashion with creative input from others. I really liked devising this scene and creating a witty, entertaining and exciting scene. I liked creating the characters of Diva Deborah and Sassy Silvia and how eccentric and flamboyant they both are. When we wrote the script for this we ensured to keep at least one real factual Fashion trend of the second world war being the gravy tights, before creating some wild out there Fashion trends surrounding the food for fashion idea.