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And Week 2 is a wrap

10 January, 2016
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Actors and Acting, Productions, Voice and Text
Posted by Kate Foy

Just like that, it was Friday afternoon – Day 10 of calls, and the end of Week 2 of rehearsal. The intensive nature of our work on the floor – blocking, which is all about playing with space, interaction, and finding actions to suit the words and words to suit the actions (thank you, Mr

dialect, Melissa Agnew, qtcQuartet, singing, voice, Zara Barrett

Routine

7 January, 2016
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Actors and Acting, Productions
Posted by Kate Foy

Rehearsal days are flying by – we’re nearing the end of Week 2 – and the work on the floor this week, blocking scenes and interrogating action through character, is intense and tiring. This is where the richness of a text becomes apparent, but it takes its toll. The tiredness only becomes apparent at day’s end when,

qtcQuartet, rehearsals

Tosca’s Kiss

4 January, 2016
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Productions
Posted by Kate Foy

Week 2 begins with no calls in the rehearsal room for me today. Work on the role doesn’t stop, of course; there’s homework to do – always homework when becoming absorbed in preparing a performance. This afternoon I watched an extraordinarily moving documentary on Casa di Riposa – a home in Milan – endowed by the great

qtcQuartet, rehearsal