Tuesday 30 March 2010
My Recent Work
I was recently acting in a music video for Peter Corrigan's Final Major Project for his Film/Media degree. The song is "In The Ghetto" by Elvis Presley. I starred in this Music Video with Scott Donovan, Yusuf Ghanem, Yusuf Ahmed,Savas Ulusu among others. If you would like to look at it please do, and if you have any comments please post them. :)
Hi
Hello everyone and welcome to my delightful blog! This post is just to tell you a little bit about me and what my next project is.......
Full Name: Lily Ellen Corrigan
Date of Birth: 1st July 1989
Age: 20 years old.
Ok I don't know a lot about me then. Or mabye I find it hard to describe myself? I have wanted to act since I was about 8. I have learnt a lot about myself, my life and things along the way on this journey into Acting. Although Acting didn't come alive for me until I was 13. You see I have a very treasured secret. I am Autistic. No I don't have A.D.H.D or Asperger's syndrome if your asking yourself that question. I have a very mild type of Autism. For instance if it was on a scale of 0-10 I would be 0-1. This doesn't affect my life, my goals, being like any normal female.
Acting has been a big part of my life, and has been apart of the change in me today to where I was when I was completing my G.C.S.E's. I am thankful for so many parts of my life, Acting/Directing being the highest in the list. It has enabled me to have freedom to write, to act so many character's such as Desdemona in "Othello", Dominitus Enobabus in "Anthony and Cleopatra", Susanna Walcott in "The Crucible" and much more. I am proud of my acchievements, because not everyone I know supported me as much as they should of.
I am now on a Foundation Degree at Middlesex University in partnership with Barnet College. This has been a wonderful experience so far. I have amazing lecturer's and friends who understand my disability and who support me in every way they can.
Anyway let's get on to my likes and dislikes.
My favourite food: Pasta Carbonara or my dad's homemade Shepherds Pie!
My least favourite food: Chilli, Brocolli, Brussel sprouts, Parsnips.
My favourite drink: Powerade, Squash, Ribena light, but it's mostly water I drink.
My least favourite drink: Lemon squash, and Alcohol.
My favourite hobby: Singing, Writing lyrics, scripts, books, Taking walks around London, Running and lots more.
My favourite artists: There are so many but the genre's I listen to are:
R'N'B
Classical
Christian music
Musical soundtracks
Movie soundtracks
Soul
Jazz
My favourite directors: Robert Young, Stephen Speilberg, all British directors.
My favourite movies:
Casablanca
Save the last dance
South pacific
Mary poppins
Somers town
Steel magnolias
Mona lisa smile
and so much more.
My favourite Actors/Actresses
Top 5:
1. Robert De Niro
2. Dustin Hoffman
3. Alex Pettyfer
4. Julia Roberts
5. Resse Witherspoon.
That's all I can think of saying, if anyone out there wants to ask me a question (that is professionally related and not personal) then be my guest and comment.
Love in Christ Jesus
Lily
Full Name: Lily Ellen Corrigan
Date of Birth: 1st July 1989
Age: 20 years old.
Ok I don't know a lot about me then. Or mabye I find it hard to describe myself? I have wanted to act since I was about 8. I have learnt a lot about myself, my life and things along the way on this journey into Acting. Although Acting didn't come alive for me until I was 13. You see I have a very treasured secret. I am Autistic. No I don't have A.D.H.D or Asperger's syndrome if your asking yourself that question. I have a very mild type of Autism. For instance if it was on a scale of 0-10 I would be 0-1. This doesn't affect my life, my goals, being like any normal female.
Acting has been a big part of my life, and has been apart of the change in me today to where I was when I was completing my G.C.S.E's. I am thankful for so many parts of my life, Acting/Directing being the highest in the list. It has enabled me to have freedom to write, to act so many character's such as Desdemona in "Othello", Dominitus Enobabus in "Anthony and Cleopatra", Susanna Walcott in "The Crucible" and much more. I am proud of my acchievements, because not everyone I know supported me as much as they should of.
I am now on a Foundation Degree at Middlesex University in partnership with Barnet College. This has been a wonderful experience so far. I have amazing lecturer's and friends who understand my disability and who support me in every way they can.
Anyway let's get on to my likes and dislikes.
My favourite food: Pasta Carbonara or my dad's homemade Shepherds Pie!
My least favourite food: Chilli, Brocolli, Brussel sprouts, Parsnips.
My favourite drink: Powerade, Squash, Ribena light, but it's mostly water I drink.
My least favourite drink: Lemon squash, and Alcohol.
My favourite hobby: Singing, Writing lyrics, scripts, books, Taking walks around London, Running and lots more.
My favourite artists: There are so many but the genre's I listen to are:
R'N'B
Classical
Christian music
Musical soundtracks
Movie soundtracks
Soul
Jazz
My favourite directors: Robert Young, Stephen Speilberg, all British directors.
My favourite movies:
Casablanca
Save the last dance
South pacific
Mary poppins
Somers town
Steel magnolias
Mona lisa smile
and so much more.
My favourite Actors/Actresses
Top 5:
1. Robert De Niro
2. Dustin Hoffman
3. Alex Pettyfer
4. Julia Roberts
5. Resse Witherspoon.
That's all I can think of saying, if anyone out there wants to ask me a question (that is professionally related and not personal) then be my guest and comment.
Love in Christ Jesus
Lily
TENS PROJECT
As of the 15th of March we have begun our "Ten's Project". I wanted to work on my own and it just wasn't possible, as we were told we had to work in pairs. I wrote several scripts that were good for ten's, but lacked real meaning. Then I had the idea to do a piece that challenged Group Politics and Discrimination against someone's disability. At first it was hard to write, as I didn't want to base it on my own journey with my disability, and on the Channel 4 Show "Glee"s character Artie. I wanted to have a piece that was powerful enough to show the audience that we have to except people as equals. I begun writing the script, but then suffered a writer's block so I was feeling down. But I remembered my personal experiences of being prejudiced because of my disability and started to develop the characters.
Saturday 27 March 2010
Community Focus Log Book
1st session
Morning- In our seminar, we looked at Identity, and brainstormed what we thought Identity was. We then worked in pairs to discuss 1 part of our Identity. I was with Bafor. Bafor said he had childlike tendencies.
Afternoon- Met Community Focus and had a meet and greet session. Then we did a warm-up and some exercises.
1.Sung “Fly Away”
“If I had the wings of a dove,
If I had the wings of a do-ve
I would fly, fly away
Fl-y awa-y
And b-e at peace.”
2.We then split into groups and looked at Heritage and Identity. I was with Joanne A, Joanne, Lynn, Amy L as well as a few others. After we showed our work, we split into different groups. I was with Amy B, Andy, Kevan, Zee, and Lynn. We looked at working in a quarry and after sometime exclaiming “I need a holiday!” We showed our ideas to the group, and thought of what ideas were good enough to progress on.
2nd session
Today we explored more about Heritage and Identity, what they are and such. Then we warmed up. After some time warming- up, we split into groups (I was with Sammy and Dan) and played a game where we came up with small ideas for our show. When we came back as a group. We shared our ideas. We had plenty! Just before we came back Sammy and I had an idea. This was:
• A science convention run by a female scientist, and eventually all the budding scientists but one end up dead.
We developed this idea by saying other things that could connect to this idea such as:
• Murder Mystery, Superhero’s.
Then after we had a break, we came back and explored the ideas, which we discussed earlier. We came to the conclusion that our theme would be superhero’s. Siobhan then asked us what we’d like to be. This is what we came up with.
French Ekaterina- Lily Corrigan
Caretaker- Dan Webb
Chef- Katrice Brooker
Twins- Amy Lane & Nicole Thomas
Cleaner/Reporter- Amy Bathie
Butler- Jonnie Gatt
Dreneya Dry- Natalie Samuels
Fiona- Joanne A
Wonder Girl- Lloyd Lewis- Hayter
Catwoman- Rozana Ghaffor
Private- Zee S
Sgt- Sammy Kilsby
Persuaders- Aaron Cook and Jay Williams
Queen of Fairies: Ayla Sera-Can
After this we asked Sammy if he would present our characters to CF on Monday. He gladly accepted. A discussion on Barcelona followed.
3rd session
Today we presented our idea of being superhero’s to CF. It was funny, how we all presented our characters. After this we warmed up and started to develop more of the superhero’s idea to ensure CF were involved. We explored characters that our CF clients wanted to play. We had a Captain, Batman & Robin, some Fairies, Invisible girl, and a Vampire. I felt selfish if I played French Ekaterina so I said to Siobhan I will work with Carolyn on being a fairy.
The arrival scene was the first scene we could think of doing to show where we were and what we thought was going to happen. This wasn’t a hard task to master, so we decided we would all show 2 poses of our characters (this eventually became a single pose). Aaron and I decided we could be some sort of trainers (who run the place). So in the end we all ended up doing one pose looking up at the house (where we were going to stay).
After this was completed CF had to go as their time with us finishes at 4 o clock. After they left we spoke about the day’s events, and what we felt went well and what didn’t work so well.
4th session
First of all today we did a warm-up, reminded ourselves what we did the previous lesson, and rehearsed that scene. We then developed Siobhan’s idea of having a woodland scene to begin. We had trees, animals, a river, a gate, wood nymphs etc. This was very exciting as I got to be a bunny rabbit with Aaron.
Cast for the 1st scene:
Bunny Rabbits: Lily Corrigan and Aaron Cook
Trees: Amy Lane, Bev, Katrice Brooker, Andy, Carolyn
Gate: Sammy Kilsby, Dan Webb, Kevan
River: Natalie Samuels, Nicole Thomas, Ayla Sera-Can, Rozanna Ghaffor
Birds: Joanne A and Amy Bathie
Wood Nymphs: Peter and Lloyd Lewis Hayter
Things to work on: Our characters. We need to establish them.
5th session
Today we worked on devising a few more scenes. These were:
1. Kitchen
2. Room Share (Vampires)
3. Office with Fairies
4. Spiral Staircase
These scenes were to show what goes on in the house and showing all the superhero’s their rooms.
The kitchen scene involves Chef Julie, The Twins, the Butler, and Mrs Mop (the cleaner/reporter). This scene explores what Chef Julie puts in her food, what her Twins behave like, and what the superheros require of Chef Julie when it comes to food. The list is given to Chef Julie by the Butler. Mrs Mop arrives in a little huff, and Chef Julie kindly asks her to clean her cupboards, Mrs Mop being the reporter accepts so she can take notes in case there is juicy evidence in them.
The room share scene involves Fiona the Fortune Teller, Wonder Girl, Drenya Dry, and Vivian. This scene explores Fiona’s powers, as well as the vampire’s powers. Fiona tries to persuade Wonder Girl to have a reading. The when the vampires arrive, Wonder Girl and Fiona are shocked to see them (as there is only 2 beds in the room). Drenya Dry exclaims “We don’t need beds we have our coffins”.
The office with the fairies scene involves the Fairies, Captain Godiva, Corporal Custard, Private, The Persuader, and Sgt. This scene explores me and Carolyn as fairies spying on the meeting about the death of another superhero. Captain Godiva, Corporal Custard and Private see us, but The Persuader and the Sgt don’t believe them and laugh at them. We then fly away quickly to show to the audience that Captain Godiva, Corporal Custard and Private are funny in the head.
The spiral staircase scene involves Batman & Robin, The Persuader and his best mate, The Language and Fitness instructors, Invisible Bev and The Twins. This scene explores the strengths and weaknesses of each superhero. This is because we have customized rooms. For example Batman and Robin are in the Joker’s suite (the Joker is an enemy), The Persuader and his best mate in the Water Suite (The Persuader has a fear of water) etc. It also explores the initial reactions to our lives for the next 2 weeks in this big place.
6th session
We worked on some scenes to show the training the superhero’s were receiving. The training scenes are as follows.
Training scene 1: The Vampires, Wonder Girl and Batman & Robin are learning how to wait at a bus stop and how to get on a bus without scaring the people around us.
Training scene 2: Invisible Bev, The Twins, and Fiona get a fashion lesson from the Chibibib Sisters.
Training scene 3: The Persuader gets a lesson in how to unpack a suitcase and how to iron things. However The Persuader plays a little game. He persuades the Sgt to do it instead. The other Persuader (Aaron) persuades the Sgt to stop and asks the best mate to do it. In the end both Persuaders persuade the Sgt and the best mate to act like a variety of animals.
7th session
We continued to work on the training scenes and showed them to the group, so that we could make developments if necessary. The first 2 training scenes need work so we continued to try and make things better. It was tough though, as I had to be in 2 places at once. I am a fairy as well as Robin. What can I do? I tried to see if it would work with me being both characters. It did go well at first but then I realised that if I had costume how would I fit all the costume changes in? So I asked Ayla if she could do the scene with the trainers and fairies with Carolyn. She accepted and I felt that I had a weight off my shoulders. Therefore I could focus on Andy and I as Batman & Robin.
Andy is a great person to work with. Although sometimes I think am I walking too fast? Too slow? Am I being patronising? Siobhan reassured me of my worries, and said “Andy will follow you, and he can understand his instructions when given”. I felt a little relieved to know that Andy and I were getting on well as a team. He liked the idea of fighting with me in the room scene. He also enjoyed the Bus Stop training scene as we got to be a little comical, and to me I was acting like a right wally!
8th session
Today we organised what we were going to do to in regards to throwing a party. In this scene we find out what has been going on all along with the deaths of the superheroes. But the shocking truth is that the Sgt and The other Persuader (Aaron) have tried to poison us but have miserably failed. The Queen of the Fairies saves the day by turning the poison to juice. The Sgt and The other Persuader are punished to be retrained as good fairies. We also had Aaron’s laptop, so he searched for some music for this scene. But we couldn’t decide what song we should do. We originally said we wanted Voulez –Vous by Abba. Then the idea of Atomic by Blondie came. But then Siobhan insisted we do Waterloo by Abba.
9th session
We had Nik in this session as he wanted to see what we had done (and also Siobhan was on some sort of training course). We showed him what we had so far and he said there needs to be some developments in some parts of this piece. We took those scenes that needed to develop and blocked them properly. We also pieced everything together into a running order which looks like this:
HEROES!
1. WOODLANDS
2. ARRIVAL
3. TRAINERS & CLEANER- SLIDESHOW
4. KITCHEN, CLEANER, TWINS AND BUTLER
5. ROOMS- A. BATMAN AND ROBIN, B. THE CHIBIBIB SISTERS, C. THE PERSUADER AND HIS BEST MATE, D. INVINSIBLE BEV AND THE TWINS.
6. VAMPIRES ROOM SCENE
7. TRAINING SCENE- BUS STOP- DEATH WITH POISON
8. TRAINERS SCENE- FASHION- DEATH WITH POISON
9. TRAINERS SCENE- HOUSEHOLD CHORES
10. PHONE CALL TO QUEEN OF FAIRIES
11. TRAINERS SCENE / FAIRIES (DEATHS DISCUSSED)
12. FINAL PARTY- BATTLE OF OLD MAGIC- THE SGT AND THE PERSUADER’S PUNISHMENT- RE-TRAINED AS GOOD FAIRIES
13. OLD MAGIC SAVES THE DAY/ WOODLAND SCENE REPRISE
10th session
Morning- we worked on scenes 7-8. It took quite a bit of time to block scene 7 properly, as we didn’t have any more sessions with CF; so we had to try and get it done within our time limit. The scene eventually got to make its mark, and we decided to leave it at that and move on to scene 8. Scene 8 wasn’t tough to complete, but we brought in Chef Julie and The Twins to somehow become a little suspicious of Mrs Mop’s actions, but then flag it off as if she was singing instead.
Afternoon- We worked on scenes 9, 10, & 11. This went quite quick apart from the party scene as we were still deciding on the music. After Nik spoke to Siobhan, it was decided we had to do Waterloo by Abba. I was ok with this but the band called “The Fairies” wasn’t happy as the lead singer didn’t know the lyrics very well. But we took a shot at it and completed it with pride. After this we did a final run-through of the day (which went very smoothly), and made sure we had all costume, props etc. sorted for the tech runs on Monday.
SHOW DAY!!!!!!!!!!!
Today I am a little nervous, as I haven’t worked on a project like this before. But I knew I had to gather my strength and focus on the day ahead. Before any show we have to do tech runs for light and sound. This took ages as Rob had to set up initial lights and additional lights as they weren’t up (when they should have been) which took 2 hours. Meanwhile we started prepping for the dress rehearsal, and going over any lines or stage direction. 2 hours later and Rob is ready for us to do a light, sound and dress rehearsal. By this time CF have arrived and we start work. The rehearsals took a while and I felt really drained, tired and in need of caffeine. I knew I had to hold on as we were going to have a break soon after all the tech runs were done. After a break we came back and got into our costumes and prepped for the show. Lloyd helped me to put a green mask on my face using green face paint. I looked like a right wally!!!! But it was worth it, I was doing something I had enjoyed the past weeks. Today was Bev’s birthday so we decided at the end of the curtain call we would sing happy birthday to her and present the card I brought and everyone signed to her. The audience was very impressed and joined in the singing.
Morning- In our seminar, we looked at Identity, and brainstormed what we thought Identity was. We then worked in pairs to discuss 1 part of our Identity. I was with Bafor. Bafor said he had childlike tendencies.
Afternoon- Met Community Focus and had a meet and greet session. Then we did a warm-up and some exercises.
1.Sung “Fly Away”
“If I had the wings of a dove,
If I had the wings of a do-ve
I would fly, fly away
Fl-y awa-y
And b-e at peace.”
2.We then split into groups and looked at Heritage and Identity. I was with Joanne A, Joanne, Lynn, Amy L as well as a few others. After we showed our work, we split into different groups. I was with Amy B, Andy, Kevan, Zee, and Lynn. We looked at working in a quarry and after sometime exclaiming “I need a holiday!” We showed our ideas to the group, and thought of what ideas were good enough to progress on.
2nd session
Today we explored more about Heritage and Identity, what they are and such. Then we warmed up. After some time warming- up, we split into groups (I was with Sammy and Dan) and played a game where we came up with small ideas for our show. When we came back as a group. We shared our ideas. We had plenty! Just before we came back Sammy and I had an idea. This was:
• A science convention run by a female scientist, and eventually all the budding scientists but one end up dead.
We developed this idea by saying other things that could connect to this idea such as:
• Murder Mystery, Superhero’s.
Then after we had a break, we came back and explored the ideas, which we discussed earlier. We came to the conclusion that our theme would be superhero’s. Siobhan then asked us what we’d like to be. This is what we came up with.
French Ekaterina- Lily Corrigan
Caretaker- Dan Webb
Chef- Katrice Brooker
Twins- Amy Lane & Nicole Thomas
Cleaner/Reporter- Amy Bathie
Butler- Jonnie Gatt
Dreneya Dry- Natalie Samuels
Fiona- Joanne A
Wonder Girl- Lloyd Lewis- Hayter
Catwoman- Rozana Ghaffor
Private- Zee S
Sgt- Sammy Kilsby
Persuaders- Aaron Cook and Jay Williams
Queen of Fairies: Ayla Sera-Can
After this we asked Sammy if he would present our characters to CF on Monday. He gladly accepted. A discussion on Barcelona followed.
3rd session
Today we presented our idea of being superhero’s to CF. It was funny, how we all presented our characters. After this we warmed up and started to develop more of the superhero’s idea to ensure CF were involved. We explored characters that our CF clients wanted to play. We had a Captain, Batman & Robin, some Fairies, Invisible girl, and a Vampire. I felt selfish if I played French Ekaterina so I said to Siobhan I will work with Carolyn on being a fairy.
The arrival scene was the first scene we could think of doing to show where we were and what we thought was going to happen. This wasn’t a hard task to master, so we decided we would all show 2 poses of our characters (this eventually became a single pose). Aaron and I decided we could be some sort of trainers (who run the place). So in the end we all ended up doing one pose looking up at the house (where we were going to stay).
After this was completed CF had to go as their time with us finishes at 4 o clock. After they left we spoke about the day’s events, and what we felt went well and what didn’t work so well.
4th session
First of all today we did a warm-up, reminded ourselves what we did the previous lesson, and rehearsed that scene. We then developed Siobhan’s idea of having a woodland scene to begin. We had trees, animals, a river, a gate, wood nymphs etc. This was very exciting as I got to be a bunny rabbit with Aaron.
Cast for the 1st scene:
Bunny Rabbits: Lily Corrigan and Aaron Cook
Trees: Amy Lane, Bev, Katrice Brooker, Andy, Carolyn
Gate: Sammy Kilsby, Dan Webb, Kevan
River: Natalie Samuels, Nicole Thomas, Ayla Sera-Can, Rozanna Ghaffor
Birds: Joanne A and Amy Bathie
Wood Nymphs: Peter and Lloyd Lewis Hayter
Things to work on: Our characters. We need to establish them.
5th session
Today we worked on devising a few more scenes. These were:
1. Kitchen
2. Room Share (Vampires)
3. Office with Fairies
4. Spiral Staircase
These scenes were to show what goes on in the house and showing all the superhero’s their rooms.
The kitchen scene involves Chef Julie, The Twins, the Butler, and Mrs Mop (the cleaner/reporter). This scene explores what Chef Julie puts in her food, what her Twins behave like, and what the superheros require of Chef Julie when it comes to food. The list is given to Chef Julie by the Butler. Mrs Mop arrives in a little huff, and Chef Julie kindly asks her to clean her cupboards, Mrs Mop being the reporter accepts so she can take notes in case there is juicy evidence in them.
The room share scene involves Fiona the Fortune Teller, Wonder Girl, Drenya Dry, and Vivian. This scene explores Fiona’s powers, as well as the vampire’s powers. Fiona tries to persuade Wonder Girl to have a reading. The when the vampires arrive, Wonder Girl and Fiona are shocked to see them (as there is only 2 beds in the room). Drenya Dry exclaims “We don’t need beds we have our coffins”.
The office with the fairies scene involves the Fairies, Captain Godiva, Corporal Custard, Private, The Persuader, and Sgt. This scene explores me and Carolyn as fairies spying on the meeting about the death of another superhero. Captain Godiva, Corporal Custard and Private see us, but The Persuader and the Sgt don’t believe them and laugh at them. We then fly away quickly to show to the audience that Captain Godiva, Corporal Custard and Private are funny in the head.
The spiral staircase scene involves Batman & Robin, The Persuader and his best mate, The Language and Fitness instructors, Invisible Bev and The Twins. This scene explores the strengths and weaknesses of each superhero. This is because we have customized rooms. For example Batman and Robin are in the Joker’s suite (the Joker is an enemy), The Persuader and his best mate in the Water Suite (The Persuader has a fear of water) etc. It also explores the initial reactions to our lives for the next 2 weeks in this big place.
6th session
We worked on some scenes to show the training the superhero’s were receiving. The training scenes are as follows.
Training scene 1: The Vampires, Wonder Girl and Batman & Robin are learning how to wait at a bus stop and how to get on a bus without scaring the people around us.
Training scene 2: Invisible Bev, The Twins, and Fiona get a fashion lesson from the Chibibib Sisters.
Training scene 3: The Persuader gets a lesson in how to unpack a suitcase and how to iron things. However The Persuader plays a little game. He persuades the Sgt to do it instead. The other Persuader (Aaron) persuades the Sgt to stop and asks the best mate to do it. In the end both Persuaders persuade the Sgt and the best mate to act like a variety of animals.
7th session
We continued to work on the training scenes and showed them to the group, so that we could make developments if necessary. The first 2 training scenes need work so we continued to try and make things better. It was tough though, as I had to be in 2 places at once. I am a fairy as well as Robin. What can I do? I tried to see if it would work with me being both characters. It did go well at first but then I realised that if I had costume how would I fit all the costume changes in? So I asked Ayla if she could do the scene with the trainers and fairies with Carolyn. She accepted and I felt that I had a weight off my shoulders. Therefore I could focus on Andy and I as Batman & Robin.
Andy is a great person to work with. Although sometimes I think am I walking too fast? Too slow? Am I being patronising? Siobhan reassured me of my worries, and said “Andy will follow you, and he can understand his instructions when given”. I felt a little relieved to know that Andy and I were getting on well as a team. He liked the idea of fighting with me in the room scene. He also enjoyed the Bus Stop training scene as we got to be a little comical, and to me I was acting like a right wally!
8th session
Today we organised what we were going to do to in regards to throwing a party. In this scene we find out what has been going on all along with the deaths of the superheroes. But the shocking truth is that the Sgt and The other Persuader (Aaron) have tried to poison us but have miserably failed. The Queen of the Fairies saves the day by turning the poison to juice. The Sgt and The other Persuader are punished to be retrained as good fairies. We also had Aaron’s laptop, so he searched for some music for this scene. But we couldn’t decide what song we should do. We originally said we wanted Voulez –Vous by Abba. Then the idea of Atomic by Blondie came. But then Siobhan insisted we do Waterloo by Abba.
9th session
We had Nik in this session as he wanted to see what we had done (and also Siobhan was on some sort of training course). We showed him what we had so far and he said there needs to be some developments in some parts of this piece. We took those scenes that needed to develop and blocked them properly. We also pieced everything together into a running order which looks like this:
HEROES!
1. WOODLANDS
2. ARRIVAL
3. TRAINERS & CLEANER- SLIDESHOW
4. KITCHEN, CLEANER, TWINS AND BUTLER
5. ROOMS- A. BATMAN AND ROBIN, B. THE CHIBIBIB SISTERS, C. THE PERSUADER AND HIS BEST MATE, D. INVINSIBLE BEV AND THE TWINS.
6. VAMPIRES ROOM SCENE
7. TRAINING SCENE- BUS STOP- DEATH WITH POISON
8. TRAINERS SCENE- FASHION- DEATH WITH POISON
9. TRAINERS SCENE- HOUSEHOLD CHORES
10. PHONE CALL TO QUEEN OF FAIRIES
11. TRAINERS SCENE / FAIRIES (DEATHS DISCUSSED)
12. FINAL PARTY- BATTLE OF OLD MAGIC- THE SGT AND THE PERSUADER’S PUNISHMENT- RE-TRAINED AS GOOD FAIRIES
13. OLD MAGIC SAVES THE DAY/ WOODLAND SCENE REPRISE
10th session
Morning- we worked on scenes 7-8. It took quite a bit of time to block scene 7 properly, as we didn’t have any more sessions with CF; so we had to try and get it done within our time limit. The scene eventually got to make its mark, and we decided to leave it at that and move on to scene 8. Scene 8 wasn’t tough to complete, but we brought in Chef Julie and The Twins to somehow become a little suspicious of Mrs Mop’s actions, but then flag it off as if she was singing instead.
Afternoon- We worked on scenes 9, 10, & 11. This went quite quick apart from the party scene as we were still deciding on the music. After Nik spoke to Siobhan, it was decided we had to do Waterloo by Abba. I was ok with this but the band called “The Fairies” wasn’t happy as the lead singer didn’t know the lyrics very well. But we took a shot at it and completed it with pride. After this we did a final run-through of the day (which went very smoothly), and made sure we had all costume, props etc. sorted for the tech runs on Monday.
SHOW DAY!!!!!!!!!!!
Today I am a little nervous, as I haven’t worked on a project like this before. But I knew I had to gather my strength and focus on the day ahead. Before any show we have to do tech runs for light and sound. This took ages as Rob had to set up initial lights and additional lights as they weren’t up (when they should have been) which took 2 hours. Meanwhile we started prepping for the dress rehearsal, and going over any lines or stage direction. 2 hours later and Rob is ready for us to do a light, sound and dress rehearsal. By this time CF have arrived and we start work. The rehearsals took a while and I felt really drained, tired and in need of caffeine. I knew I had to hold on as we were going to have a break soon after all the tech runs were done. After a break we came back and got into our costumes and prepped for the show. Lloyd helped me to put a green mask on my face using green face paint. I looked like a right wally!!!! But it was worth it, I was doing something I had enjoyed the past weeks. Today was Bev’s birthday so we decided at the end of the curtain call we would sing happy birthday to her and present the card I brought and everyone signed to her. The audience was very impressed and joined in the singing.
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