In today's lesson we were missing a couple of members of the class, so instead of running anything, we decided to start preparing and planning for our performance on Wednesday.
Room design: We decided what we wanted our room to look like. We knew that we would need to use the blue plastic chairs we have been rehearsing with for the Book Club, as these chairs are stackable and we also throw them. We also discussed having wooden chairs on the two sides of the room for us to sit on when we are not needed, as opposed to sitting on the floor. This would make the stage space look tidier and more professional. We also decided that we want to put dust sheets on sections of the curtains to make them look dirtier (as the curtains look too clean to create a dystopian world). We also decided that we wanted to put posters saying "War is Peace", "Freedom is Slavery" and "Ignorance is Strength" on all of the dust sheets. We then thought we could add small sections of sheets of scrap metal to make the place look more dystopian and eerie. In addition, we thought of adding posters of the Rebellion which we would them rip down during the "destruction of Book Club" transition.
Costumes: We have started getting our costumes together for our version of "1984". We had to get costumes that would make us look as if we are from the 1940s. We didn't want to wear any bright colours so are looking for dull blues, beiges, browns, whites, greys and blacks. I think I will be wearing seamed tights, black brogue heels, a grey tartan vintage dress and my hair in the 1940s rolled style. We are all bringing in our costumes next lesson to see if they are suitable.
