Movement Rehearsal...

11am

Cast continued rehearsing the movement sequence with the boxes.

·  Large box – Mel inside

·  Rest of soldiers behind box

·  Climb over top of box, open box, Jodie lifts Mel out and puts her on the ground

·  Each soldier takes a smaller box out of the larger box which they place on the ground; Jacinta and Jodie with the smaller boxes and Candy and Naomi with the bigger boxes

·  Soldiers spins boxes on the ground

·  Mel gets into the box Naomi is carrying

11.45am

·  Cast rehearsed the RSL scene.

·  Use of the “yobos” SFX.

·  “Kings” – hats to the side, scarf over mouths – anarchy, chaos when they throw the pig’s head through Samira’s window.

·  Samira cowering in front of the boxes whilst the Kings run around the space; crazy, animalistic, wild movements

· Leticia – suggested that the Kings practise ways of throwing the boxes; tossing them, slamming them down – when the last box has been placed, this indicates that the pig’s head has been thrown through the window and should elicit taunting, yelling and wolfing from the Kings

·  Which of the Kings will be the one to throw the pig’s head through the window? – Jodie

·  Effective transition between scenes – RSL – Kings – Box formation around Samira – “No one is coming...we’re safe here” – such a poignant scene

 ·  Suggested that it would be even more powerful if Ishtar was to respond to her mother in  Arabic in order to control her mother’s fears, to reassure her

·  Soldiers hiding behind the boxes – how to stand? Loom over the scene but don’t want to pull focus from the emotional scene between Samira and Ishtar

·  Leticia also altered Mel and Naomi’s transition into the Kings characters – Jade says, “Let’s run”, then the two of them freeze – then they put on the scarves and move to the next scene