Friday at the Globe.

Started rehearsing today. We are using the exercises and games that we have been learning over the last few days to play with some of the scenes. It is great to see the way you can play the game with the text and it becomes a scene. Quite often the scene takes a different path every time. That way we can explore the space and relationship between characters to see what we like. This was very useful in my scene with Demetrius. We played with the oral exercise, overlapping the lines and having pauses between lines to see what the effects were.

Today was rather full-on. We squeezed in a back stage tour at The National Theatre and a question and answer time with seasoned Globe actors who played Titania and Oberon. Very interesting to talk about the path their careers have taken. I left with more questions floating around my head than I arrived with.

We saw ‘Merry Wives of Windsor’ at the Globe this evening. At first glance the story line is complex. But I have never laughed so much at a show before. It was incredibly easy to understand and follow. Definitely my favourite (so far).