Staging

Though it's hard for everyone to 100% grasp what they're doing involving the set as we are currently working with stand in props rather than the actual pieces of set we're going to be using in our production.

This means that everyone in the cast has to be extremely focused and know their blocking so they know what pieces of set they need to use and more to ensure that the scenes run smoothly. It would also be worth it that everyone in each scene pay attention to each other's blocking and their use of set so that if someone forgets in the middle of the actual show, someone else would be able to take over and allow the scene's flow to keep moving.

My character is using a lot of the different pieces of set, in the actual show I will be standing on a steel table and grates but currently in rehearsals we have to substitute with what we have, for example; the raised stage and the blocks. It will be really interesting to see how our pieces pans out and how the actual set fits into the piece and how that may or may not add to the effect and impact. 

Our set, so far, is really interesting as all the different pieces of props from the war factory are being turned into something that has it's place in King Henry's world. The steel tables that are our main workstation in the factory are doubled up as our main stage. The crates are stacked into steps and the thrown for the king. The guns we make in he factory are doubled as the swords used in our battle scenes. I think that the woman's use of everything they find in their factory is really effective and special because it truly shows how much these women want to understand what's going on in the world - they'll go to the extent of finding everything in the room and turning into Shakespeare's vision and world.