We dedicated a session to creating songs and harmonies for different characters, moods or plot changes - and made a list of all the places that we would like to use music, thinking about which characters this would represent. Breaking off into groups and playing with harmonies and beats, we quickly got different musical scores and dialogues that could be placed in various places, including elements such as loss, magic or fear to create atmosphere with our voices. Upon coming back together, we realised that what we had separately created were quite similar; a good thing, as it means that our musicality will flow together well, and aid an overall atmosphere to the narration.
Our R&D Week has been packed full of play, contextual research, questions, character study, location immersion, playing with the space, and generating creative ideas for the next phase of rehearsals. The foundations of The Tempest have been laid; watch this space for more about our rehearsal process before our Edinburgh Adventures!
