Tension is Key

From this weeks rehearsal the main thing that stuck out to me was tension. The world we are living in is so different to the world we live in now, their is no order and control. No law. No definite power. Living in this world as a human you would be on edge a lot of the time, fearful of the future and what clan you will be fighting next. Therefor we have to remember to keep that tension in our minds and our physicality throughout the play. We need to do this because i personally feel that the audience can't see us relaxing or feeling comoftble in a world which is so uncomfortable and ever changing and if they do it breaks that reailty of what we are going through.

I've written some keys ways that us actors can show tension physically on stage:

• Keeping our bodies tight and enclosed. Having a rigidness to our movements when we walk and talk creates a tension within our bodies.
• Clutching hands, feet and mouths.
• Watching people and the space with intense eyes makes the characters on stage and audience more aware that their is an edgy atmosphere.
• Never sitting in one spot on stage being active and moving creates a sense of uncertainty.
• Having a sense of urgency with everything that we say.

In addition this atmosphere shouldn't stop throughout transitions, the tension should remain maybe even more so in the transitions because things are changing and the audience don't know what's going to happen next within the play.