On Friday the 20th, we had a double rehearsal (period 3 and 4). The aim of this rehearsal was to run through the whole show, including costumes and a technical so that Mr Wakeham could start setting and positioning the stage lights. As one who is experienced in many shows on the stage, I know from the past that technical rehearsals can be very stressful and you have to be very patient.
During break, before our rehearsal started, we all had to get changed into our costumes for the show. I firstly got changed into the main costume that I wear as Tallulah, but then Ms Williams had two dresses on the rails, which were short and had many string like pieces attached to it which dangled and swished about when you moved. Miss gave them both to Jade and I, to wear in our first song Bugsy Malone and Fat Sam's Grand Slam, as I found it difficult to move in my Tallulah dress as it is very long and touches the floor. Once we were all ready, we were gathered on the stage to have a pep talk. This was the first time that the stage was all set up to how it will look on the night, and it looks superb. During our chat, we told about the props that we had been kindly given by a few people, like the very old telephones that you had to hold in one hand to speak through and the other hand to listen, we had to be careful with these. For the first period, we didn't have our main star Bugsy Malone (Adam) as he was busy elsewhere with family business. However, we managed to keep it rolling with the help of Elliott reading in.
This was the first rehearsal that we had Mr Williams playing the music, and when the girls first came on for Bugsy Malone, we had to do it again as firstly, the others didn't know where they had to stand and we all got confused with the notes during the third verse. We didn't spend long on this though as Mr Wakeham just wanted the general idea of where we stand so that he could position the lights. Throughout most of the musical, we only briefly did the songs and during most scenes when sir had positioned the lights, many people had to make sure that they were standing in the light otherwise they won't be seen. Tallulah doesn't come on for her first scene till page 13, so I find myself waiting around quite a lot ready to come on. However, whenever I wasn't on I made sure that I was leaning my lines. I find that my first scene is probably the best that I perform, as I can really big up my character and as it is not too wordy, like some of my other scenes, I can really put a lot of emphasis into my role and make a good first appearance as Tallulah. Although we had to stop and start quite a lot I think that Act 1 went well.
During period 4 we carried on running through the show. When we moved onto Act 2, my solo 'My Name is Tallulah' is what opens the act. We briefly ran it through though so I didn't have to sing it all, but from what I did sing really frustrated me as the music sounded completely different so I wasn't used to the original things that I had rehearsed. I really need to start working out ways in which I am going to have to act all flirty to a few members of the audience but I know I will be fine on the night, I will definitely be out of my shell by then. We didn't manage to finish the whole show within the two hours that we had, so we had to stop just after 'So You Wanna Be a Boxer'. The run through went well though and we will have to carry it on during the dress rehearsal on Tuesday night as we don't really have any other time to do it. We all then got changed out of our costumes and were allowed to go after a little talk from miss.
During period 5, Anna and I were allowed to go over to the music block to help work on the program for the show, as we didn't have to be in our original lesson as we have now finished all of our exams for it. We sorted out the cast list, the song list and added in those who were involved in them, a list of all those who else helped out for the show and also a brief description of one of our class mates Hollie, who is doing a cake sale in the interval to raise money for Melanie's Ward at the John Radcliffe hospital where she has been spending most of her time.
Overall, it was quite a productive day but I have decided that I really need to carry on going over my lines and practising ways in which I can make myself even better for the performance. We only have a few rehearsals left now and things are getting tight.
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