Thursday 8 October 2015

Romeo and Juliet rehersals

Last week the cast enjoyed a morning workshop with some of the directors from the Shakespeare in schools team. They had a great morning working on their opening scene and received some excellent tips about how to perform on a live stage.

Then it was back to school and more work on establishing the key characters and the division between the two families that are at the centre of the play - we are illustrating this in our opening scene through a tug of war!



The children have also had to work on their ability to dance with other cast members - yes girls and boys do have to mix! The masked ball however gives them at least some anonymity.



The cast are working really hard on their lines - pure Shakespearean and are settling into their roles really well. Lots of hard work to follow, but it will all be worth it in the end.