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So last week was all about testing the conventions of the play and how to go back and forth with direct speech and natural dialogue. This week is all about character work and fleshing them out. For the past two days I have had the actors tied to eachother with rope, in terms of the 2 couples, to see what that gives us in terms of feeling trapped and needing to be aware of the other person at all times as well as negotiate the space with someone else attached to you. This has been a great exercise for physicalising what is really going on and visually displaying the tensions- lots of fun. Today I have added a ball and a beanbag into the equation so that the actors can throw one to each other and one to us when the dialogue changes focus.

This is about exploring and playing…. and trying to keep warm as our boiler has just broken down!

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