Week w/c Activities (what have you What went well?
went well? What challenges have you
done?)
1. 4/9/23 We did one session of
Shakespeare monologue
practice with Alice,
exploring the context of
our pieces within our play
and how we can use that
to give our speech
purpose and motivation.
2. 11/9/23 On Monday we did our
mock auditions, which
were frightening but very
beneficial in helping us
prepare for the real thing.
We then worked with a
new practitioner, Nell, on
understanding
Shakespeare in general
and then conceptualising
how that could be applied
in a modern setting. On
Thursday we had a vocal
lesson on harmonies and
creating sound baths.
3. 18/9/23 On Monday we did
contemporary monologue
work in getting into
What do you need to
faced? prepare for the next
week?
Considering what Exploring my character is My mock audition is on
happens to my character slightly out of comfort Monday, so I really need
within 5 minutes before zone, as a character that is to have my lines nailed
the monologue really got more playful and down and my intention
me thinking about why confident. This made me memories, for both of my
he wants to give this uncomfortable at first. monologues. This will also
speech, which I think lessen my anxiety.
really helped my
naturalism
I liked using my creative Overcoming my For next week, we have
and devising skills to performance anxiety can been told we will be
create a modern be a challenge pre- looking at a Midsummer
Shakespeare audition, but I feel like I Nights Dream, so I will
interpretation that’s delt with it well. We were read it this week.
relevant to a current also asked to consider
audience. My audition what we love abou
went well and I look Shakespeare, and I found
forward to my feedback. this difficult as I find with
Shakespere it often feels
like chore. This encouraged
me to think differently.
I found going into I did find it difficult to
intricate detail on each consider things like how
feature of our my character would walk
 character and channelling contemporary characters. etc because I didn’t know
that into our new Really beneficial for the play well enough to be
monologues. We then did understanding why my able to feel into that. I
some Shakespeare work character is talking and found myself anxious when
on understanding a their emotional motive. I performing my
Midsummer Nights Dream found the Shakespeare monologues even now,
and reinterpreting that as work really interesting as which still slightly gets in
something more modern. it allowed for creativity the way of being able to
We also did a movement and helped me consider full settle into charcter.
session on ensemble work why we still perform it in
and a small amount of the modern day. I also
easy choreography. really enjoyed our whole
movement session
because I love dance and
fitness.
4. 25/9/23 On Monday we did I enjoyed being given my I found it difficult with my I will make a group chat
contemporary session, of section for Shakeslam Shakeslam piece to know with the other people in
working individually on and beginning to consider how to reinterpret it, so my Shakespeare and begin
monologues. I didn't get to how I would interpret that the scene makes to come up with concepts.
perform but was able to that. I liked being playful sense out of context.
watch other people with my ideas.
workshopping and
receiving critique. We then
did some intensive
Shakslam preparation,
including rewriting some
of his texts as modern
interpretations.
5. 2/10/23 We began looking at our I enjoyed finalising my Its always difficult to I will work out a timetable
concepts and blocking for concept for our reimagine my monologue for our Shakespeare group
 our Shakespeare projects Shakespeare, a dance in the reworking stage, and to choreograph our piece
and creating our vision. battle reinterpretation of taking it out of the over the next two weeks.
We also did “Speed Mercutio vs Tybalt. I decisions you’ve set it
Dating” our monologues always enjoy with. It was also hard to
where we did them in workshopping my have a blocked scratch
rapid fire with Katy, and monologue with different version of our Shakespeare
she gave us short notes. practitioners and piece for Nell to review,
We looked at an absurdist receiving their feedback. but I feel like we did our
play in Theatre Studies, best in the time slot. I
and considered ways to found staging “The Spurt
portray this. of Blood” in theatre
studies really complex as
well, because all the stage
directions are crazy like “A
vagina splits in two”.
6. 9/10/23 We came in on Monday I enjoyed rehearsing our It was difficult performing We will try to ensure Louis
and some of us did our dance, it was great to see our dance without one of turns up for rehearsal to
contemorary monologues, the reactions from others our members, we had to do the dance. I will learn
I didn’t get to. We the too. Even though I didn’t work around the lines and my lines for Shakeslam to
rehearsed our Shakeslam, get to perform my choreography. I also found a point where I can inject
and then performed this in contemporary, I found it doing the self tape really with humor.
context. We continued to really beneficial to watch difficult, we came across
look at a Spurt of Blood in other peoples critiques. I lots of issues mostly to do
Theatre Studies, seeing found looking at using with being in such a large
how we could adapt this Artotian techniques really group, like talking over
using more Artot useful and enjoyed eachother and taking lots
techniques and lighting. playing with the of time to set up.
We looked at online dating surrealism of the piece.
in PDF. We also did self
tapes with Joe.
7. 16/10/23 On Monday, we I loved doing our Rehearsing with our full I will create a to do list of
performed our Shakeslam. Shakeslam and am very group continued to be an different assignments that
We had intensive rehersal proud of my group. I feel issue, Louis didn’t turn up have to be done over the
in the morning, we then like our dance was a for our first intensive half term and create a
teched it and did a dress, standout scene in the rehersal of the day. When timetable to complete
before our final single show and from the we went into tech he this.
performance to the public feedback lots of people didn’t know his lines. To
in the evening. This week loved it. I also found overcome this we
we also had a movement watching other peoples perseveared to catch up at
session where we looked pieces really captivating lunchtime and rehearse
at representing emotion, and befneficial for my intensively during this
and our Shakespeare own acting skillset. hour, and when we came
exams. back our piece was much
cleaner. I also found it
really difficult to focus in
movement, I think because
it was the last session of
the term.
8. 30/10/23 We began the week by I really enjoyed the I stumbled a bit in my
looking at rehearsal rehersal intensive, I found contemporary exam
techniques with a new that because it was so because I couldn’t
practitioner in an intensive long I had time to really remember the name of the
3 hour session. We then connect to it and playwright.
had our contemporary understand the process.
monologue exams.
9. 6/11/23 This week started with two I found that my favourite I struggled more in our Come up with project
different rehearsal session was the first second rehearsal concepts and write them
technique classes, rehersal session. Our new technique class, where we up for theory homework.
containing two different practitioner discussed the focussed on spontaneity Write my list of songs for
approaches behind them. intentions and why we and connecting in musical theatre cabaret,
 We had a theory lesson in
dramaturgy, and then
began our project sessions
and had to start to
consider what to create in
that time. We began
looking at how to bring
our Cabaret to life and had
a movement session with
another new practitioner.
10. 13/11/23 This week began with a
script work session with
Anne, followed by a
workshop of a new play
about robots and future
technology. We had
another movement
session where we
experimented with levels.
We had theatre studies
where we looked at
religious theatre types
from the past. We then
did PDF where we
act in the first place, and
how we connect that to
who we are as people.
We had to go around and
tell the people in our
class how we see them as
people, which was
daunting but lovely in the
end because everybody
was kind and
constructive. I also really
enjoyed working with the
first years in PDF because
wed never spoken to
them before and it was
really interesting.
I really enjoyed our
workshop with the
theatre company,
considering how I would
interpret being a robot
and transported into a
new body, it was quite
surreal and very
interesting. I also had a
good time in PDF, I began
to really get on with my
group and I feel like as a
collective we come up
with some interesting
improvisation. I found this remember a notebook
fast paced and a bit and pen!
intense, I struggled a bit
with never knowing what
our practitioner would do
next! In the end I leaned
into it by trusting the
process and had a really
fun time. I also really
struggled in project to
think about what I want to
create, so that’s my
mission for next week.
I did not get much out of Next week I will have the
our script work class, we Orange script memorised
struggled to connect with better
the teacher and felt she
was highly negative. I
didn’t get the chance to
perform but was quite
relieved as the actors who
did didn’t receive any
positive critique or
constructive criticism. This
class taught me that I
won't always work with
practitioners that I get on
 discussed our budget and ideas. with or agree with, and
performance spaces. how to shake that off
afterwards and maintain
professionalism. I also
struggled to maintain focus
during theatre studies and
got distracted a few times
11. 20/11/23 We had our second I loved the workshop on I didn’t massively enjoy I need to focus on my
session with Anne and we Thursday, playing with movement this week action plan for project and
created a pitch for a film the accents was very because I was very tired, stick to it!!
project. We then entertaining. I found the reminding me the
simulated a film set where fake film set highly importance of being well
I played the role of Hair educational as prior to slept for each session. I
and Makeup. After this we this I didn’t know how a also struggled slightly in
had a session in the Percy film set worked. Annes session, just
Centre where we created because there was a
a scene about rioting. On general lack of energy
Wednesday we had a from her and the group.
movement class where we
focussed on connections
with people. We had
theatre studies, where we
made a pitch about lions,
and PDF where we
discussed song choices.
We did a session on
Thursday with scriptwork
about brothel workers in
South USA.
12. 27/11/23 This week started with our Despite finding our other I found it hard to get Continue looking at
 final session with Anne, classes with Anne motivated to work on my independent project
where we did our first relatively inefficient, this independent project at
session of acting for was quite fun as we got first. I started by watching
screen. We also went and to attempt acting for interviews and beginning
watched Wendy at the screen for the first time. to comprehend what i
egg. I began doing my We didn't have to learn wanted to communicate
work on my independant our scripts which was and why.
project. practical because we
were all stressed about
that.
13. 4/12/23 Holiday. I started looking I was excited to write this I struggle with Carry on working on it!
at my script work and script! I began to get very procrastination heavily in
what i wanted to do with immersed in it. the holidays. This was
it, how i wanted to convey frustrating.
my point etc. I made
moodboards and
narrowed down my story
and plot.
14. 1/1/2024 Holiday. I started writing I got further into fleshing Trying to get this Be ready for due date.
my script for Independant our my characters and completed in time was
Project and found that began creating a storyline proving challenging.
once I started writing, it i was proud of!
was not as hard as it
seemed.
15. 8/1/2024 This week was our first My introduction to acting I found Theatre Studies
week back at college. We for screen was that it non engaging this week, I
began our day with an seems complicated but was very tired and found
acting for screen session interesting, and for that I couldn’t pay
based in movement where someone who struggles attention to learning about
we experimented with to maintain attention to eras of theatre.
 different shots and making
our own films. In our
second acting for screen
session, we discussed
what we enjoy in film and
watched acting technique
videos. I also continued
writing and finalising my
script.
16. 15/1/2024 This week we had another
day of acting for screen
sessions, where we looked
at Michael Kane and his
acting techniques, and
how to connect to your
characters. We watched
one of our teacher’s short
films and he told us about
how he filmed it. We also
got do have a dance and
movement class with
Deeps. In theatre studies
we looked at the evolution
of musicals, and in PDF we
discussed future steps.
17. 22/1/2024 On Monday we got our
scripts and improvised our
scenes. In theory, I
realised I needed to record
a whole read through of
complicated thigs, i think
i did well. I also really
enjoyed our trip to the
Bristol Old Vic to watch
Metamorphosis.
I loved being able to work In Screen Acting, we all
with Deeps again! We had too much energy and
have always got along so the periods of listening
with him as a class and he proved to be difficult.
works with us to create
things. I do actually
always get quite lot out
of PDF lessons, because I
like socialising with the
first years.
I really enjoyed casting PDF was difficult at first, Submit all theory on
my friends to do a like organising it and website.
readthrough of my play. I working out how to warm
was hesitant at first, i find up, who was taking control
it embarassing when my etc. Im hoping next week
 my play. We had our first
voice lesson and also
started to look at
rehearsing in Cabaret.
18. 29/1/2024 This Monday was our final
lesson on Screen Acting,
regarding our scenes. In
theatre studies we had our
last lesson on musicals and
learnt how shows progress
to the stage. I watched all
the cast perform for
Cabaret, and on Thursday I
went to the other groups
voice lesson.
19. 5/2/2024 Monday started with our
first lesson on FMP Little
Shop of Horrors. We
started learning the music
and had 1:1 sessions with
our practitioners. On
Tuesday we got to watch
the first years Scratch
performance, and on
Wednesday we watched
Blue Beard. On Thursday
we had our final voice
lesson from Julia.
friends read what i write,
but it was not that bad
and i had fun!
I found it useful on
Monday going through
and working out which
props to bring in for
filming. It was also very
practical for me to watch
the cabaret performances
so I can send people
feedback.
I was very excited to start
working on FMP and
really got on with our
directors. I also loved
watching Scratch and was
really impressed by the
work from the first years.
we will be more prepared.
I struggled to connect to Learn the script for screen
our voice lesson, and to acting.
stay focussed. I think this
was because I was tired.
I found it challenging to Learn audition material
make a judgement on Blue for Little Shop
Beard. The message was
important, but the actual
plot and way that message
was conveyed left me
feeling a bit empty and
looking for more.