Morgan Crummack's blog from the holiday session for Crimson...
On the 12th Of April, Crimson Company did a workshop, leading to our performance of “Whatever Happened To Grace Connor?” in May. Most of the cast had some problems getting there, leaving about 12/13 of us to make do with what we could! Nevertheless, it was extremely enjoyable!
The main focus was to develop us as actors; we learnt new skills and perfected our old ones. We started off with a few games to get us thinking and awake, along with a personal favourite of mine, Ninja. We had a lot of laughs and learnt a lot of things about each other, but then it was time to start working on lines for the play…
We did an exercise where we had to walk around the space, saying our lines and change direction whenever there was a punctuation mark, and then we repeated this although instead of changing direction on punctuation, we changed direction whenever our character had a new thought. This helped us to understand when to pause within the performance.
We next did a web of connections; we all had a length of wool and we had to make a statement about our character, if someone else feels that their character is like that we had to grab one end on the wool and throw the other end to someone else in the circle, and it went round to everyone who felt their character is like that. By the time everyone had made their statements we were left with a huge web of pink, blue, green and yellow, and of course, there was a fight about who got to keep it… This exercise made me realise that my character, Miss Carter, links to way more people than the two in her scene. In fact, some of the characters are extremely similar in personalities, yet I never realised it before!
We finished the day with a nice exercise, coming up with an alternative ending for the play, I worked with Shannon, Charlotte, Chris and Jasmine, and we came up with a rather… far-fetched ending. Including Doctor Who, Cybermen, Darleks and a rap-off…
One good thing about us having a small group was that we could talk to those we didn’t normally talk to, I usually stick with the same people when we have a bigger group, but I was able to talk to more people and build a bond with them. Overall, the day was amazing! I would personally like to thank Gemma, Joanna, Aaron and all of the Crimson Company that attended! You guys made my week!
Thank you for reading this,
Morgan [: x
On the 12th Of April, Crimson Company did a workshop, leading to our performance of “Whatever Happened To Grace Connor?” in May. Most of the cast had some problems getting there, leaving about 12/13 of us to make do with what we could! Nevertheless, it was extremely enjoyable!
The main focus was to develop us as actors; we learnt new skills and perfected our old ones. We started off with a few games to get us thinking and awake, along with a personal favourite of mine, Ninja. We had a lot of laughs and learnt a lot of things about each other, but then it was time to start working on lines for the play…
We did an exercise where we had to walk around the space, saying our lines and change direction whenever there was a punctuation mark, and then we repeated this although instead of changing direction on punctuation, we changed direction whenever our character had a new thought. This helped us to understand when to pause within the performance.
We next did a web of connections; we all had a length of wool and we had to make a statement about our character, if someone else feels that their character is like that we had to grab one end on the wool and throw the other end to someone else in the circle, and it went round to everyone who felt their character is like that. By the time everyone had made their statements we were left with a huge web of pink, blue, green and yellow, and of course, there was a fight about who got to keep it… This exercise made me realise that my character, Miss Carter, links to way more people than the two in her scene. In fact, some of the characters are extremely similar in personalities, yet I never realised it before!
We finished the day with a nice exercise, coming up with an alternative ending for the play, I worked with Shannon, Charlotte, Chris and Jasmine, and we came up with a rather… far-fetched ending. Including Doctor Who, Cybermen, Darleks and a rap-off…
One good thing about us having a small group was that we could talk to those we didn’t normally talk to, I usually stick with the same people when we have a bigger group, but I was able to talk to more people and build a bond with them. Overall, the day was amazing! I would personally like to thank Gemma, Joanna, Aaron and all of the Crimson Company that attended! You guys made my week!
Thank you for reading this,
Morgan [: x
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