Term 2

After the success of (some) of our solo and duet performances as a strand, Term 2 consists of us devising a whole strand performance still based on World War 1 and using some of our individual performances to build on. The directors separated the strand into 3 different groups based on the foundation of our individual performances.

Wives and Mothers of soldiers.

Soldiers.

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Couples.

I was not initially placed into a certain group at first, as my performance explored more of war as a whole as opposed to different reactions and opinions from those involved. I eventually decided that the Wives and Mothers group was something I personally wished to explore further and I could relate more easily to my performance in comparison with the others. This made me a part of an all girl's group, which I thought was interesting. Our first rehearsal was spent each explaining our performance and the reasons and stimulus' behind it, and having some actors re perform their pieces to us, and taking down bits we liked and bits we thought could be improved.  When watching Saffron and Megan's piece, I personally really enjoyed their choice of music. When dealing with a stimulus as periodic and as significant as the war, it would be easy to choose a song that was heavily related to that period of time, but their choice was different... more modern and tempo.

We all agreed as a group that Immie's piece had a lot of potential to incorporate into our whole performance. She portrayed the wife of a deceased soldier who had just collected a box of his belongings from the war office after his tragic death. Inside were pictures, letters, personal items ect that she wept over whilst doing some other physical stuff on the floor. It was very moving. Our director decided this would be a great place to start and a good foundation to build our piece on, so we were asked to bring in a box with letters, a jacket and other personal items for the next rehearsal.

I'm looking forward to this term and the devising of our piece. I think it'll be interesting to explore such a historical subject in a completely different way than I have ever before.