After crazy yoga warm-up not suitable for super-not-stretchy-that-could-rip-at-any-moment-trousers,we went into the opening scene, going over the things we'd added on Monday. This went smoothly though the bit where me and Shanice fight in the middle of the room went horribly wrong as we messed up the timings. We moved in then to the scene where Antigone is arrested by the guards and the chorus come into the centre for Antigone to wildly wave her sword at them (hehe). I love this bit, though occasionally we struggle to keep the, "lads, lads!" shouting up, I struggle to find the right things to say as I feel really uncomfortable saying the kind of things we need to, to anybody. I think the first time we did it, I was actually better at doing it, maybe because I was in the middle of performing Oliver as a pickpocket (off note: my Granddad came to watch Oliver and didn't recognise me for half-an-hour because he thought I was a boy who looked strangely a lot like my brother).
Thought I'd add a little anecdote for entertainment.
Additionally on that guards scene, the line where I say, "I can see yur tits in tha' luv" definitely needs to be louder, more central, better timed and in a more crass manner. If you can't tell from the improvements I need to make, I did rubbish at that line. Generally, I really need to do better.
We moved back to the first scene to look at the characters' introductions in the Chorus' monologue at the beginning. There are many, many cues to remember, especially for those swapping parts on different nights. It has been decided that for me and my fellow Creon, we shall swap being King and Page each night. This luckily means that I do not have to suffer the embarrassment of my atrocious dancing skills - despite being a 16 year old female, I apparently have the, "ultimate dad-dancing skills" or contrastingly, I dance "like a middle aged, fat lady" - these are direct quotes. I have no grace. Or timing. Or coordination.
We decided to develop the reaction to Antigone's casting, firstly thinking of a thought at a base level of emotion as whomever i.e. actual person, the actor in the play, or Creon. I decided to go with "I guess their OK, I'll let them give it a go." but then Chipp decided to the though a lot harder: "Imagine that the person who is cast is actually going to be bricked-up and killed." Oh.
I find these kind of emotions hard to define therefore putting it in the form of a sentence is extremely difficult. My first thought was simply, "Please God, help her." in a sort of lost, defeated tone. My problem is, I've been privileged enough in my life to never have had to deal with the prospect of someone dying with all my close friends and family still alive, other Granddad's survived 2 heart attacks, prostate cancer, alcohol poisoning and 3 collapses. I'm sort of lost in how I would feel. I think that I would really be lost for words in a moment of shock and empathetic despair for the loss of life and inevitable fate the girl faces: I imagine knowing someone's is going to die would suspend you in a drawn out feeling of helplessness and horror as you watch someone's life drift away. But I can't define how I would feel in a sentence. I think all I can say is that I would feel caught in a moment of despair and helplessness, as well as shock at the prospect of seeing a death.
Again, all I can say is that I love how Chipp has directed the first scene: it looks good and it feel comfortable. Though, a shock to the system when after rehearsing the Page's role in the first scene, suddenly the Chorus changes the Antigone and I'm Creon. I think I remembered what I was meant to do, but I wasn't really prepared for the part so didn't quite relax into it, maybe next time.
The fruits of our hard labour:
It's in this run-through that myself and my partner went very wrong with our sequence and we really didn't recover, it's also this one where I was surprised into being Creon.
Second Antigone:
This one went a little bit better, felt more confident in my part as Creon after the second run through and me and Shanice got our sequence a little more in time.
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