What I Keep In my Rehearsal Bag

Primal theatre/pantomime season is coming up and nothing makes someone panic like not having everything they need in their rehearsal bag. Today I will be going over everything which I find essential to bring to rehearsal

Stationary:

·         Two different coloured highlights. Why two I hear you ask? Well I always highlight my lines in one colour and stage directions in another as it makes things a little clearer to me.

·         A pen for stage directions and notes as you may well forget them once you get home.

·         Little page tabs are also severely underrated. I just find them really useful for when you need to find your page

·         Obviously an essential but if you forget your script then you are truly lost in a rehearsal.

·         A necessity is also water and a snack. You can’t concentrate if you are performing on an empty stomach. You don’t want to feel sluggish either though so keep it light with fruit and cereal bars. Also always eat breakfast.

·         Spare money in case you need lunch or go out for coffee after.

·         Because no one like smelling or looking terrible after a rehearsal having a mini deodorant can make you feel a little fresher and more confident.

·         I personally have short hair but have a long fringe (emo alert) so I have a teeny hairbrush and some bobby pins always with me.

 So that’s what I personally carry those things with me. I keep it simple and its completely different from my actual show bag. I try to keep it to the rule that if I lost in the theatre, I wouldn’t be too upset.

I’ll probably do another post on my show bag but until my next post I’ll see you around

IT Chapter 2 Review

I saw the film on the 7^th of September 2019 and honestly wasn’t that impressed. All rights and images belong to Warner Bros Studios.

THIS REVIEW ALSO CONTAINS MASSIVE SPOILERS! YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!

My favourite aspect of the film was the characters’ lives after Derry. Even though they left their old lives behind and their memories got hazy, aspects remain the same. One of the scariest scenes in the entire film took place in the Bev portion of this. It was a terrifying scene depicting sexual and emotional abuse like what her father subjected her to. Eddie also let his mother infiltrate his life when he chose a controlling wife 10 times his metric body weight.

However, I must say ironically the ending was disappointing. In my opinion “making him feel small” was kind of a cop out. I thought they should’ve stuck with the tribal theme and had the battle of wills be similar to what Ben and Bev experienced when they all got split up in the sewer. It was just ironic because Billy ridiculed his directors for making him write a crappy happy ending whereas I think this was a kind of crappy ending.

SPEAKING OF BEN AND BEVERLY OH MY GOD THEY WERE THE BEST! I was sad in the first IT when Ben did all the graft and Billy just took all the credit. Ben had worked so hard physically and career wise to achieve all he wanted but still saw himself as the fat kid. Bev and Ben were what each other needed and I’m glad they ended up together.

Richie’s homosexuality really added to the plot I feel. His scene with Pennywise at the axe man statue was one of my favourites. You can see just how violated Richie felt when he found out Pennywise had found out what he fought so hard to suppress which is why I think he made so “your mom” jokes.

However why tf was Bower in this film. In my opinion he added literally nothing to the plot and was just there because the fans like him. I think it could’ve all been done by the Hockstetter corpse making it far more frightening.

Anyway, it was overall a good film so I would give it a 6 out of 10.

Comment down below your opinions and I’ll see you around

                                

' The Lion King' 2019 Film Review

This film was awesome! Oh, my days my expectations were set way lower than what this film deserved. I have a lot to say on the Jon Favreau remake of the classic film.

My main concern going into this film was the live action animation portion of this film. I thought that it was going to be very hard to see any emotion because well have you ever really seen a wart hog smile? Yeah, me neither. However, the animators did an excellent job portraying that without making the characters too cartoonish.

The animation also brought a new level of realism and really enhanced certain scenes. For example, one scene which really surprised me was the elephant graveyard. I remember it being so literal in the film and being almost comical with that huge elephant skull in the background. With the live action however, you got an impression of a barren wasteland which has been stripped due to the hyenas over hunting of animals which affected the eco system making it uninhabitable.

I did however find myself missing the huge over the top song sequences. Whilst I found their version of the classic song, I found myself really missing the obnoxious animal tower and the interaction that Zazu had with the monkeys. I also thought a lot of us were a tad disappointed the lack on Timon in a grass skirt however Pumba as a platter was equally hysterical.

On the topic of Pumba and Timon, I really enjoyed what the creators did with their home. As much as I would’ve loved to see more interaction between Pumba and Timon I liked how we saw Simba grow due to those around him. For example, one part which I found pivotal in the plot was his encounter with the gazelle in the jungle. In this seen we see some of Simba’s naivety fade as he realises, he is part of something much bigger. Yes, Simba doesn’t want to hurt the gazelle but his king has evolved to be their natural predator whereas the gazelle was raised to fear lions. Its an important lesson in how evolution plays a key role in (cue the music) THE CIIRRRCCLLLEEE OF LIFFFEEE.

The end fight scene was epic but so was the twist. I was honestly very surprised they would give scar such a gruesome demise by being eaten by the hyenas who he had both provided for and stabbed in the back. It really gave Scar his own meaning of the circle of life as he suffered the fate of other animals which he discarded in his mission to be on top. There was also a certain irony that he let the hyenas eat before the lionesses because in the end it wasn’t the lions who finished him off but the Hyenas.

In the end I found the true villains of the movie to be the hyenas. With their lack of morals and them representing greed and just being all round vicious it was hard not to see it that way.

Overall this film was beautifully done but it could never replace the original.

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