6th Form Production - Osama the Hero by Dennis Kelly Blog
An edgy and explosive atmosphere.....
The week started off with a re-cap of Act 1 which proved promising despite the fact we hadn’t rehearsed it for a while. However when running Act 2, the energy started to waver. Despite this, it was incredibly exciting to start piecing together the two acts in sequence, starting to properly fabricate a hefty chunk of the play. Darren then broke a prop with a hammer. In the second rehearsal Steve put forward an exercise that was complete genius. I'm not allowed to give any further information but it resulted in an edgy and explosive atmosphere, exactly what the play needed. I felt we were able to bring new and appropriate interpretations to our characters that we could transfer into both acts. It was beautiful. Steve is a legend. The week was finished off with a succulent meal at an Italian restaurant!
By Pierro Niel-Mee at Friday, 7 October 2011
Diving headfirst into act one
We finished our first week of rehearsals with a complete, off-script run of act one. Dennis Kelly’s contemporary script is the kind you need to dive headfirst into and after a week working with it, we produced a performance that settled us into our characters and gave us a good basis to build act two from. Osama the Hero is a really challenging script, but it’s so much fun and really rewarding when everything comes together. I’m really grateful to be part of this unique and amazing experience, especially as a new 6.1 and I’m so excited to perform with the amazing cast.
By Evie Cullingworth (6.1 student) at Tuesday, 27 September 2011