The Final Post - Extra Rehearsals and Our Intentions

At today's extra rehearsals we looked into finding more content for our piece. We had already come up with a polished chair duet, 'I fucking love Game of Thrones because...' and the Butoh walk with the peeling off the walls effect.

We decided that we wanted to add in some slapstick comedy to put in a fun element. We did a quick brainstorm of ideas and came up with a love triangle scene between Game of Thrones characters Daenerys, Khal Drogo and Daario Naharis. The men would end up fighting for the same woman using slapstick moments between the trio to cause a laugh within the audience. We didn't have access to all the equipment we needed but managed to find a way to make it work. Slapstick was something we enjoyed doing during our Physical Theatre module.
Another thing that we experimented with was props and costume. In the earlier weeks Daniel urged us try and use costume to enhance our piece. We we gave it a go and found that it improves our piece and gives the audience something more interesting to look at.
We also came up with a darker side to the performance with Roosa, who knows nothing about Game of Thrones. She gets attacked by another individual for not sharing the same passion as they do. The main aim of the scene is to create more depth and add a sinister tone.

Here are a few photos we took today:

What are the main intentions for the rest of our rehearsal process?

One of our main aims is to polish off the scenes that we already have so we get exact timings for how long the show will run for. If it's not long enough we will add scenes to make the extra time, still keeping it in the direction we want it to go. 

Another aim is to make more use of the costume that we have available to us. Rhys and Steph have quite a large collection of Game of Thrones memorabilia which we think can be used in our performance, particularly if portraying characters like we are with the Daenerys, Khal Drogo and Daario scene.