So last Sunday we began our journey into the rehearsal of 'Vanessa and Virginia', we had a read through and then Emma gave us a few questions, one of them was what did we want the rehearsal room to be like and another was what were we most excited about. For all three of us the answer to the latter question was 'Possibility' and not quite knowing what it was yet. So Monday morning came and we filled our room with paper, crayons, pens, paints, books, material, books and more. We began by playing as ourselves as 6 and 4 and then brought into that play a friendship and then a sisterly bond. From that point on 'what it was' poured out of games, words, dancing and a 'haven of chaos' was made.
It is a luxury and a feeling of thoroughness that whenever we meet a new person in the script or there is an age change or an event we go to the books and learn all we can. Throughout our first week we covered an entire wall with years, facts, quotes and pictures and we are not even half way through the text.
As an actor one of the most exciting challenges of the script is finding the ability to conjure life-altering experiences in just a few words.
Next week brings a whole new set of questions and music and a few changes of scenery. So with a suitcase full of books, materials, pens, paper, shoes, brushes, sewing box, pictures, crayons, post-its and grapes we head for Cambridge.
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