Tuesday, we spent a lot of time with Colin today. It was really great, I started to get a feel for how he works. He has one guideline, “there is no wrong”.

We played with a few exercises focussing on unlocking the meaning, and finding the motivation in the text.

We started with physical examples – like pointing on every I/me/she/he/you.  It’s interesting to see the path that the dialogue takes. I found a few of the verbal exercises very useful. We played with the idea of overlapping lines, pausing for 5 seconds between lines, and repeating key words in scenes where two characters are having a war with words, for example Beatrice and Benedick in ‘Much Ado About Nothing’.  These exercises help actors to experiment with different reactions, to help build tension and emotion.

Today we also had a tour from heaven to hell, backstage at the Globe.  It was really great to look around backstage, how they store  all the sets. You can imagine all that goes on backstage during a performance,  all the make up and costume changes with limited space and time.

A very cool day.