{"id":3511,"date":"2013-03-24T11:35:09","date_gmt":"2013-03-23T22:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dfmamea.com\/?p=3511"},"modified":"2013-03-24T11:35:09","modified_gmt":"2013-03-23T22:35:09","slug":"goodbye-my-feleni-rehearsal-week-4-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dfmamea.com\/blog\/goodbye-my-feleni-rehearsal-week-4-2\/","title":{"rendered":"GOODBYE MY FELENI: Rehearsal Week -4"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Leki<\/a>
Leki (obscured), Andy, Amelia, Samson and Taofia tell tales.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Watching a director and actors in rehearsal is not unlike watching a kitten<\/a> at play with an unfortunate cricket: at first it can be baffling but then you realise why the feline is doing it (better hunting through play) while the process is alternatingly cute and cruel.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>
The actors form up for their director (seated).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Watching director Amelia Reid-Meredith<\/strong> work with actors\u00a0Taofia Pelesasa<\/strong>,\u00a0Samson Chan-Boon<\/strong>,\u00a0Leki Jackson Bourke<\/strong> and\u00a0Andy Sani<\/strong>\u00a0using exercises, provocations and other actorly-technical-stuff was mostly baffling for this writer.<\/p>\n

And yet… seeing the actors begin to get under the skin of not only their characters but the story and its milieu was exciting to observe. \u00a0This wasn’t just some let’s pretend<\/em> kind of thing going on – it was about understanding the how and why, and how that knowledge just seeps through to the performance in such a way that within an instant on walking stage, it’s not just an actor reciting lines and hitting marks – it’s a person in the middle of their story and the audience is right there with them<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\"Director<\/a>
Director and actors look over the printed word.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As one of the characters keeps saying in the script: \u00a0Phwoah<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Watching a director and actors in rehearsal is not unlike watching a kitten at play with an unfortunate cricket: at first it can be baffling but then you realise why the feline is doing it (better hunting through play) while the process is alternatingly cute and cruel. Watching director Amelia Reid-Meredith work with actors\u00a0Taofia Pelesasa,\u00a0Samson … <\/p>\n

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