May 2025

Thursday 1st May 2025

Today, cast 3 of DNA was out doing their show four the tour so we spent the morning warming up and working on some little scenes we had already blocked to make them better, we then moved on with blocking more scenes when they all got back.



Tuesday 6th May 2025

Today, we started with a warm up to help us get into character, and make the show easier for us, all of the susie's had to walk round the space trying to get our attention and we had to ignore them, because in the show we can't see them. We then continued with more blocking of the show.

Wednesday 7th May 2025

The Level 4 students are out Today and Tomorrow to do their show 'Jane Eyre' so whilst they were out, we didnt want to start too many new scenes, so with selected groups, we ran what we could in smaller groups of smaller scenes.


 Thursday 8th May 2025 

Today, we started with The Lovely Bones rehearsals, we started with scene 26. “A new investigation team” In this scene, Lindsey is preparing to break into Mr Harvey’s house and Susie is trying to go with her but Franny is trying to stop her. I think this scene is really intense, because Franny is really just wanting Susie to accept she’s dead and she wants her to just move on. There is a lot of emotion to unpick in this scene, and it’s so intense because Lindsey is breaking into the house and nearly gets caught by Mr Harvey and Susie is trying her hardest to get to Lindsey to the point Franny has to physically restrain her, I think for me as an actor this scene is hard because seeing the pain that Susie is going through is really awful. And my instinct in that situation would be to comfort Susie but instead Franny is quite harsh and almost mean to her. This scene runs on into scene 27 “Two Salmon Girls Outside The Harvey House”. We then ran into scene 28, where Franny tells Susie that she needs to leave Lindsey alone and she does and all either of them can do is just stand and watch as she nearly gets caught by Mr Harvey. 

Monday 12th May 2025 

Today we started with a light physical warm up led by Rose and then we did a vocal warm up led by Erin, I think that these warm ups really help because they make sure we are prepared for the day ahead. We then moved on to rehearsals, we focused on scenes 29 to 31, in these scenes, Susie is struggling with watching her family fall apart so to try and help her, Franny introduces her to the other dead girls who are other victims in hopes to try and get her to move on and Franny nearly makes a breakthrough but Susie sees the police about to arrest Mr Harvey and she goes back to earth, taking the girls with her. 

Today we also saw our Holiday the dog for the first time and a few people got to play around with him. 

Tuesday 13th May 2025 

Today, we started with a warm up of village as it was really warm. I then went to the LRC to do some coursework and assignment, whilst in there i did some more costume work, i was looking for clothes on shein and Vinted and I finished my first drafts of mood boards. 

Wednesday 14th May 2025

Today, we started with a vocal warm up led by Noah and Haden, where we focused on our accent and projection. After this, those who are staying had a talk with Tom about level 4 and what to expect and the grade we need to get on the course. whilst we were rehearsing i did some work on costume whilst i wasnt up doing scenes, we then worked on scene 33 which is the act 2 memorial scene, after we had worked on the scene, a group of us went off to do some singing after we had picked a song for the memorial scene, 'Bridge over troubled water by Simon and Garfunkel' Erin lead us in the singing, after this, we went back into the studio and focused on scene 37 which is the is 'Susie and Mr Harvey Watch The World Spin...' where i just stand and watch over Mr Harvey and the Girls. 

Thursday 15th May 2025 

Today, we started with scene 39, where Franny is angry with Susie because she has taken it another step too far, for Franny, it was bad enough that Susie has been walking around trying to interfere with the people alive. But now she is trying to take possesion of Ruth's body too, Franny is angry at Susie at the start but at the end of the scene she isn't because she realises that Susie had the chance that Franny never did to say goodbye to one of the people she loves the most. And Susie is saying her final goodbye and Franny basically tells her that its time to go and Susie goes. We then moved to scene 40 and 41, scene 41 is Jack's heart attack scene, and i am watching over Susie because i know she is hurting and have accepted at this point that she needs to be ready on her own. 

Monday 19th May 2025 

We started with a warm up 'Kitty wants the corner and then we did 'i went to the shop and bought' memory game and 13. We focused on the singing in scene 34 and then with cast 3 ran the whole of then end from scene 34 to the end. after that, we did a full run of cast 2. 

Tuesday 20th May 2025 

Today, we started with a physical warm up led by erin and rose and imogen, we then did some projection work where we had to walk across the room saying a line projecting it, then we had to do it again with an emotional line because when everyone does the more emotional scenes, they don't project as much. We then had a talk with Kelly on things to remember like projection and entrances and exits, we then ran scenes from Christmas day to the end of act 1 with Cast 3, In the afternoon, we did a full Cast 1 run. 

Wednesday 21st May 2025 

We started with a physical warm up and vocal warm up and then did warm up games splat and 13. we then ran scenes, we did scene 2, i did it off script but threw myself off a little because i muddled up a couple of my lines. we then ran through scene 13- scene 15 it went well. we then practiced the opening with cast 3. In the afternoon, we did the opening of the show with cast 1 and 2 and then focused on scene 33, with the singing in the cornfield with cast 1 & 2 i was part of the ensemble singing and then we did it with cast 3 and i was up 

Photo of one of the slides from my                                                                                                        costume powerpoint. 

in heaven watching over Susie and doing this scene made me tear up seeing Jasmine's face, it was very emotional. We then did scene 39 with cast 2, but i filled in for Hannah as she was in Railway Children rehearsals. We then did a bit of work on scene 34 and i did some costume powerpoints and a blind card, and then filled in for the dead girls in sene 34. 

Thursday 22nd May 2025 

Today, we started with warm ups, we did a vocal warm up and then tongue twisters, we then did accent and projection work, where we stood across from our partners and and had to project lines to them across the room getting gradually further and further away from each other. we then spent the day doing a cast 1 run through. and then cast 2 and as much of cast 3 as we could, throughout the day we then went to get new headshots 


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