First rehearsal

In this rehearsal we worked from the beginning of the play to the end of scene two.

Prologue

In the prologue we worked as an ensemble looking around the space, investigating and chatting to one another. In order to make the entrance affective we enter from different doors in order to give the audience the idea of chaos and children breaking in to this abandoned building. I enter through the fire exit and we are the pin ball group, this means that we have to be darting around the room in order to keep the energy up. In order to work as an ensemble we have to interact with one another and keep the transitions smooth and slick.

When clay enters as Mau, everyone creates a circle around him, this is so the audience only focus on him. when he shouts 'Mah!' we all scatter away as birds. In order to make this realistic we searched up different birds looking at the sound they make and the way they move. We then hide away at the edges of the room.

In order to improve the prologue I need to be constantly on the go when searching the building otherwise it may get boring after a while for the audience and also i really need to in body the bird. No one should be embarrassed about doing it because if we all do it well the audience will understand what we are trying to convey.

Scene One

This is the scene on the sweet Judy. We have set it so that the scene takes place on the balcony so that the audience can represent the scene. After all the lines the boys lift Mau in order to represent him being carried by the waves. As they do this the girls fall and twirl to the floor in order to represent the drowned sailors. I need to not fall onto the floor as quickly as I did in rehearsal because I need to take my time and use my facial expressions in order to represent the drowning sailor. As we fall to the floor we fall in uncomfortable strange positions to show the strength and power of the wave.

I believe this is very effective because when Mau stands up with all our bodies on the floor it shows how alone he is, and how many have died.

Scene Two

In this scene we all start hitting the floor in unison and we sing the 'Imo' song. In order for this to be effective we all need to know the lines, sing in the same rhythm and work hard as an ensemble in order to recite the song.We them begin standing one by one creating weird body shapes as we get up to show that we are no longer human. Mau runs around and we he takes us we scream fall to the floor and curl off. In this section we have to be really experimental with our bodies because we are supposed to be Locaha's people, therefore we cannot act normal.

We then stand and shake one part of our body to represent zombies and as Locaha passes we create a Mexican wave to show our alliance with him. The wave needs to be big and dramatic because it also represents the tsunami that happened at the beginning of the play.