Thursday 17th November

I'd like to say how much I enjoyed today's structure in the way we rehearsed our scenes in our pairs. From someone that was fortunate enough to have a chance to rehearse mine and Nicole's scene 8, I thought the method of scene construction was easy to work with. Dan was also a big help to me personally because he gave me a brilliant technique for applying and remebering the style that made our scene effective. I can now work to adopt this strategy without having six people pin me down in order to gain the sense of belief in what Pig says about Runt :)

I'd recommend this style of rehearsal, whereby the pair initiate thier ideas and collaborate thier scene and get feedback from a director, because it is quite quick and efficient and certainly helped me today to create a decent scene with Nicole. With a director in the form of a tutor, I think that we, as actors, can really make good quality scenes with our ideas. I feel the directors presence helps us all to maintain focus in a professional capacity and not take any stressful moments personally because we are a really good set of friends and no amount of stress within rehearsals can change our friendship dynamic as a group as far as I'm concerned :)

With positivity and good professional team work, in which everyone is at least willing to try a concept before dismissing and expressing any doubts in a positive, constructive way, we will definately achieve the level of focus that is expected of us I think. However, whilst maintaining this sense of commitment, I personally believe it is essential to maintain a fun and friendly atmosphere. I am 100% certain that with all our talent and passion, we can make a performance that is outsatnding and makes us all feel proud of ourselves as actors and as friends!

Sorry that that last bit was soppy, but, for once, I don't care! Roll on Disco Pigs, woohoo! Let's make the best performance we've ever made :)