Peter and the Wolf BLOCKING 9

In todays lesson, we had the wolf back in rehearsals, meaning we could translate our rehearsal ideas from the days without him, into his performance. Beforehand, we were struggling with the wolf's entry scene, as Hugo (the wolf) was unsure on the exact movements to do, he felt the music went on for too long meaning he didn't know how to fill the space and none of his movements matched up with the music. We rehearsed the same scene for a long time to make sure Hugo knew exactly what movement to do and when. One specific part is when the music begins to speed up. We decided that Hugo would walk on the beat, while saying at an audience member angrily. The idea of the fast walk helps present the wolf as scary and dominant, therefore he is walking aggressively, with intent. By the end of this scene rehearsal, Hugo was also exaggerating his movements a lot more, meaning the final pieces are starting to fit together.

We also managed to link this to the following scenes, working from this wolf scene to the wolf and the bird conflict scene. It transitioned well until we reaches Peters scene, where he enters, re-enters with rope, balances on a wall and climbs in the tree. The narrator claims Peter climbs on a wall however previous to todays lesson, we hadn't incorporated that into our play. We introduced it through mime, as my character walks along the stage, as if he was walking along a thin wobbly wall. I made sure I took my steps in time with the end of the music. Once this scene was complete, we were able to run the wolf scene to this very smoothly. It is beginning to seem like we are prepared and comfortable with everything. However it is still slightly worrying that we are yet to complete a full run-through, although tomorrow we have all our characters + our teacher there, meaning we will complete a full run-through and receive all the necessary improvement points.

Here is a clip from todays rehearsal