Tuesday 14th March

Tonight was the last proper run-through of the massive section with Antigone and Creon.

Agh!

To tell the truth I am terrified about next week... already... butterflies are already churning my stomach. Anyhow, this rehearsal helped to boost the spirits as I think it went pretty well all things considered. I worked with Caitlin for the most of the night beginning by sorting a couple of sections we felt a bit awkward in. The section where I throw Antigone down followed by the crouch and poke at "Alright, I've got the villains part... if I were just an ordinary brute of a Tyrant..." has never worked, never been intimidating enough and perhaps looked a little too contrived. Therefore, we worked the start of the throw so that I didn't notice she's moved till she was over the body, then shout the first lines as I storm over and throw her to the ground in sudden anger. Then instead of crouching at the front of the stage (also because the throw was too hard to make reach the front, looked more sudden if it was BAM straight on the back in center) we would be in the center of the stage and I would move her back to the corner with violent swipes meant to look like I was going for a hit. This was much more effective in looking intimidating and violent, though I need to work on my step forward apparently as I look like I'm about to spring rather than be a heavy old man, as well as the movement with my hand which can be too small sometimes. This whole section began to feel much more confident and assured.

After this, we had a run-through of the whole section. This seemed to go really well: there's something about Caitlin's Antigone and my Creon which means we manage to work off each other somehow. The scene seemed to be really smooth, and everything just seemed to slot into place except for when I say "Listen-" and Antigone cuts me off, that just needs quicker reactions. Everything else seemed good enough to perform, I mean, there would always be more work to be done on this scene just because it is so large, but I feel satisfied that we can pull of a really good performance with what we've got.