It's been a hectic few days of rehearsal, with loads of new and exciting things to blog! We finished our character exploration with Trinculo and Sebastian. Sebastian is always going somewhere, seems to be unsure of his sexual orientation, and admits that he can be a little shady- he will do anything to get his own way, and hints that there are big things in the pipeline. Trinculo makes up the third part of the foolish trio, and looks up to Stephano unconditionally, doing anything for him. Trinculo's hand puppet, Billy Bob Grunter, makes him feel safe when he is scared, but he still doesn't really understand much about his job as a court jester.
Once these characters had been formed, we started to introduce them to each other, as they had all been devised individually. The foolish trio; Caliban, Stephano and Trinculo, were the first to meet, and they improvised and played to determine their group dynamics. It seems that Stephano is the leader, with Caliban and Trinculo undermiming one another to try to win his favour. When we then approached our text with these characters and relationships, the results were genuinely hilarious - these three endearing vagabonds are able to cause chaos even on a deserted island!
We've also looked at Prospero and Ariel's scenes, to determine the reasons why Ariel has to do Prospero's bidding, and how Prospero is able to control her. Ariel is also constantly creating havoc amongst the foolish trio, which brings to light the essence of mischief we discovered during the character building workshops.
In the next rehearsals we will be looking at the shipwrecked royal contingency, who have not yet been introduced to each other. With such a range of odd and shady personalities, it will be interesting to see how they interact with each other, and how this comes through our text.
More soon! HP
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