Dress 1:
I felt that dress 1 went okay but I felt that the flow of the lines and blocking were uptight and stiff. Overall it was messy but still performable. The acting was a little separated from the lighting and it was us bringing the performance from 415 to the theatre space. This dress wasn't easy, no one was fully confident with the box movements as we had only a limited amount of time with the box before this dress, I think i was concentrating more on what I was doing and what I was doing after rather than living in the moment as my character and hitting key elements to perform successfully. This dress wasn't terrible but seemed more of a run through to revise the play rather than perform it. Luckily we were doing another dress after lunch so we could learn from our mistakes and pep up the energy as the energy wasn't sustained and I wasn't emotionally connecting to any of my movements, I needed to really consider my characters thoughts.
Dress 2:
Dress two felt a lot better in a way, I was carefree and let go of the heavy stiffness that I brought on stage in the first dress. This dress rehearsal made me understand a lot more about Alice, she's young and "hip" and doesn't really care about her actions, I needed to apply this to my portrayal of he and just go for it and not hold back, I think it was more nerves and lack of confidence that trapped me from doing this. Dress two brought back the energy and pressure, I think due to people now knowing what they had to do from the first dress we all knew where we had to be and I felt more comfortable and trusting towards my surroundings which then helped me to project better into others. Having two dresses in one day is tiring but I am so glad we pushed through it and achieved what we did, because I have learnt a lot about myself as an actor.