Another good old early morning rehearsal. 6am.  It was great to actually run it all on stage and see it taking shape. Everyone is on stage all the time which is really good as there is a lot of energy, but we also have to concentrate and know what is going on. The more time we spend on stage the more comfortable I feel and better about the performance as a whole. It is rather intimidating to to perform at the Globe. We have seen so many of the wonderful performances there, and on top of that the history.

This afternoon was great. We used our rehearsal time to rehearse individually. Andrew and I really worked on developing our scene. As our scene is driven by Hermia’s accusations it was good to find some depth.

To finish the day, a sword workshop. Loads of fun. We learnt all the basics of sword fighting. There is also a lot of history behind the weapons used and the way the style of fighting developed. But ulitmately it was great be able to use the daggers and swords.

A day of contrasts, followed by a night of waiata. We gathered as a company and learnt a waiata and a haka that we would sing after our performance. Two hours of singing brought New Zealand much closer to Southbank than ever before.