..As You Like It

2nd rehearsal of As You Like It and added extra of having my mentor Tom Hogan working with us. Warms up were followed with work on awareness of our bodies, using a tennis ball to “displace” then relax, bit like the story of the Princess and the Pea! It was interesting how different your positioning felt after lying with a tennis ball under your hip!

We started some work on developing action using masks. Amid lots of laughter it was noticeable how everyone lost inhibitions and altered their movements whilst “hiding” behind the mask. There were some great shapes emerging.

Some of the activities made us think about how this will relate to our play and created a buzz of interesting conversations. Early days but I think the group are starting to understand the different approaches used. Looking forward to working with these folks next week.