Tuesday 7th July

Today we ran act 2 and I felt like there was a lack of energy today. I think that this may be because we haven't done it for a while and wasn't used to doing it every lesson. I think that we're ready to perform and I think people just need to learn their lines.

Monday 6th July

Today we was doing our backstage jobs. I worked on the tickets for the whole lesson to get them done the way I wanted and used a range of designs until I found the one that I liked the most. I will give the file to my teacher who will print them off so that we can sell them soon.

Thursday 2nd July

Today we ran Act 1. I think that this went really well and I think it's now a case of people learning their lines especially as it's only a couple of weeks away. This will make running the show much easier as people will then know what they are doing rather than constantly looking at their scripts. It will male the show look much neater aswell..

Tuesday 30th June

Today we decided that that we would split ourselves into teams to get the backstage parts of the show done. I got put into team front of house. I was in charge of making all the finances of each show into a spreadsheet. This involved putting things into formulas aswell. I then helped design the tickets. I think that I will slightly change the tickets and put some vines on them and a picture of a plant.

Monday 29th June

Today we had the pianist meaning that we could go through the numbers properly instead of going through them double speed. We only sang today and we only did the songs that was able to be done with a piano as some of them needs more instruments. The top of Audrey 2 is now looking good with lips and the base colour of green paper going on aswell.

Thursday 25th June

Today we worked on setting up the show. Some of us cleaned the stage whilst others worked on the plant and others worked on  the set. I think it's good that it's now coming all together and I think that the stage will look really good when it's all done.

Monday 22nd June

Today we did a run through of Act 2. We had to do some numbers a couple of times to make sure that everybody was doing them right and they knew what to do. On the whole, today went well and I think that considering we have 3 weeks until the actual show, I think that it's in really good shape.

I am worried about the plant because at the moment, it's very flimsy and we haven't even started the bottom half of the plant. I'm worried that we won't get it done in time because only an few people are willing to give up their free periods.

Thursday 18th June

Today we went through all of the musical numbers in Act 1. We danced them through a couple of times to made sure that we went through all of the parts that people were unsure of. We also sang through the numbers to make sure we knew all of the lyrics and that we had enough volume. The singing is a bit rough at the moment because we are using backing tracks rather than the band that we will be using.

Monday 15th June

Today we ran through all of the first act. The things that we lact was energy and the volume of singing. I think that I did ok on all of the dances but I did struggle to remember "Ya Never Know." I feel like I could of done better though. I don't like the backing tracks that we are using at the moment because they are too fast making it look messy and sometimes we practicing double speed to what we are actually will be doing on the night. I think that the performance will be better and more accurate as we will have a live band who will be able to play things that we want to our own speed.

Thursday 11th June

Today we ran through all of the ensemble numbers that are in the show. I felt that the dancing for the show is going really know. I think that we should now focus on the singing of the show rather than the dancing and only go over it to keep it fresh in our minds. That being said, I do think that "Ya Never Know" still is a bit of a mess at times and should go through that number the most. Now that the whole show is set, I think that it's good that we can just go over and clean the dances and work on our singing whilst dancing as I don't think that we have done that for most of the numbers.

Tuesday 9th June

Today we sung through the numbers that we have done and then went through the whole of Act 2. I think that this was a good idea as now I'm now much more aware of what actually happens in Act 2 and what I need to do. I feel like the ensemble army needed as much but. I think it makes the audience focus more on the story. I think that it's really good that we've set the whole show and that we are aware of what we are doing.

Monday 8th June

Today we went through all the dances that we have done so far and cleaned them up. I still am slightly worried about "Ya Never Know" as it a fancy need and that everything has to be on point otherwise it won't look right. I am surprised how well it went considering that we haven't done some numbers all together like the opening number for a couple of weeks. I think that the show is starting to take shape and I just hope that everybody can keep up the hard work.

Tuesday 19th May

Today we ran through the numbers we did yesterday and then we filmed them. We then got some easy and basic movement for "The meek shall inherit" at the chorus. We then do the same thing at every chorus but slightly different. This then means that the ensemble get to do something rather than just sitting there and doing nothing on stage when we could be used.

Thursday 4th June

Today we watched a documentary on musical theatre. This was about how quick people can be told that they canose jobs due to shows closing or about the fact that the producers just don't think that they are right for the job. It also showed how children can get into theatre through academy's that are set up by the musical or by open calls. We then went through "Ya never know" because that is the weakest dance so far. We then filmed it so we can can practice out of lesson.

Tuesday 2nd June

Today we finished "Ya Never know." I think that it looks really good and I think that the audience will enjoy this. I am still worried about this leapfrog that everybody has to do as its a hard move as they are standing up but it should work on the day. I now need to go over this to make sure that I know what I'm doing for the whole dance

Monday 1st June

Today we learned the dance to "Ya never know." I think that this is a challenging dance but I think that it looks really good. I think that the choreographer did well to not just dance it, we can also act it aswell. I am worried about the leapfrog that we have to do as I think it may look messy but I think we just need to practice it and it'll look really good.

Thursday 21st May

Today worked on our charecters. This was mostly for the ensemble charecters so they'd know why they'd be like when being on the street and making sure that they stay in character. I decided I would be a homeless person. This is the profile I made for him:

Age: 20

Job: None

Family: Alcoholic dad after the mum died

Mental state: paranoid about life

He reads the same newspaper as he can't afford to get a new one. He is hopeful that one day he will get a job and get money. He never went to a hoo but wants to be a florist which is why he hangs round Mushik's store. 

Monday 18th May

Today we did the finale song, we set  n and worked out the basic movement to the song. I think that this looks good but I don't like that the bows are with this song. I feel like that it's quite irrelevant to the song and that we should do a separate curtain call like they do in the actual show. We then started to put a bit of choreography to the dentist song. Although that we finished the song, it definitely needs to be polished a lot so that it looks much better than it does now. The choreography needs to be clean and our expressions need to cheesy, over the top and funny

Thursday 14th May

Today we decided to block the secound act dialogue today. This made us more aware of everything that everybody does in the secound act. We then did the finale, even though we haven't finished it, I think that it looks reallhy good. The only part that I don't like is the fact that the curtain call isn't seperate to the song "Don't feed the plants." I think that they should do seperate curtain call music of the title song like they normally do in the professinal show in all of the productions.

Tuesday 12th May

Today we ran the songs and dialogue that we have done. This gave us to basically run the show up to what we know and what we have done. This shows that the show is really taking shape and that every part we have done is now in sequence and the transitions go into each scene really smoothly and it now runs smoothly. I do think that I need to go over spme of the lyrics of the song just to make sure tht I definately know them.