Rehearsal 7.3.14

This rehearsal consisted of talking through with Jonathon as a group our three ideas. 

With our first idea - James' Concentration Camp idea - Jonathon thought it would be a hard hitting and intense piece. However, he has told us that for this idea to work we still need to have lovely moments and sometimes comedic to help get our message over to the audience. Our message for this piece is that "Love is a powerful thing". Jonathon also shared his experience of visiting Auschwitz and told us all about how there is a room full of thousands of suitcases - which all had names on and all belonged to people - people who were then later killed. He also told us that it was the sort of place where you leave a different person - he advised us to go if we were ever given the opportunity. 

PERSONAL NOTE: A good thing to research for this idea is the conditions in Auschwitz, personal accounts from people who experienced concentration camps and look at Anne Frank.

Other ideas that came out of our chat with Jonathon for this piece were:

• Naming the piece in German - we translated Much Ado About Nothing into German which was Vile larm um nichts.
• Go up to the audience and hug them - we could also incorporate the song from our last rehearsal (Rose Red) into this. 

Films that would be good to watch to influence and help with this idea are:

• Bent
• The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
• Schindler's List
• Freedom Writers

With our second idea - Elsa's Witchcraft and Mistrust in Women - Jonathon thought it was a good idea and that we could link it to political issues. 

Plays that would be good to look at for this idea are:

• Vinegar Tom

Here is the mind map of our Idea 2

With our third idea - My Adultery and Jealousy in Relationships - Jonathon suggested that as this idea was quite feminist it would be a good idea to look into the suffragettes and the post war time period. As a group we also agreed that it would be interesting to look at gender reversal. 

Films and Plays that would be good to watch for this idea are:

• Brief Encounter - There is a film version. However, Jonathon has also recommended watching KneeHigh's version of it too.
• Made in Dagenham

Here is the mind map of our Idea 3

At the end of this rehearsal we fed back to the other groups our ideas. Idea One got the best response as it is a very unexpected idea and would be a very powerful piece.

Before next lesson we need to do some more research for our ideas. We have split the group up equally so that each idea has a good amount of research on it:

Elle, James and Mandi - are looking more into The Concentration Camp Idea.

Elsa and Becs - are looking into The Witchcraft and Mistrust in Women Idea.

Me and Daisy - are looking into The Adultery and Jealousy in Relationships Idea. Daisy is going to focus on looking into gender reversal and I am going to focus on the way Women have been portrayed throughout time - especially looking at feminist viewpoints.