The reason why I haven't written for ages is because I spent every night last week performing in a play. And the week before were rehearsals all day. After two months of intense rehearsals with an incredible director and such a talented cast, our hard work paid off. Out of the six performances, four of them were sold out and we had to add extra seating, and the other two nights were almost sold out, which is one of the most amazing feelings in the world. I'm so proud of my beautiful cast family and I love them so much, I couldn't have asked for a better lot of people to work with.
Now the great revealing of the play title... 'Slut'- which as you can imagine, allows for countless jokes and innuendos throughout the entire process. It's been so much fun, and we really needed that contrasting humour, because in reality, this play is extremely intense. Written by contemporary Australian playwright Patricia Cornelius, 'Slut' is about a young girl called Lolita who develops early in life and from there, develops a reputation of being a slut. It's a brutally raw and honest depiction of the treatment of women's sexuality in modern society and sadly, rings so much truth watching the rise and fall of Lolita's reign as 'slut'. It's a uniquely written piece which is highly chorus based, so rather than actual events playing out in front of the audience, four chorus members are telling the story of Lolita, starting as her friends who admire her and envy her, then they turn against her viciously.
One of the scenes in the play is recounting the events of a party. Without giving any of the story away, while speaking to the audience we wanted to set the scene of a teenage party, so we played Rihanna's 'SOS'. Along with that, we also choreographed a little dance piece to do while speaking, which was so difficult, but once we got it, it was extremely effective as it juxtaposed with what we were saying and how the scene ended.
On our final performance, our cast and the cast members from other plays had an after party, and 'SOS' came on. All the members of 'Slut' rushed to the dance floor and did our pretty epic routine and then everyone else joined in. A beautiful moment and a great way to celebrate the end of a wonderful two months
Now the great revealing of the play title... 'Slut'- which as you can imagine, allows for countless jokes and innuendos throughout the entire process. It's been so much fun, and we really needed that contrasting humour, because in reality, this play is extremely intense. Written by contemporary Australian playwright Patricia Cornelius, 'Slut' is about a young girl called Lolita who develops early in life and from there, develops a reputation of being a slut. It's a brutally raw and honest depiction of the treatment of women's sexuality in modern society and sadly, rings so much truth watching the rise and fall of Lolita's reign as 'slut'. It's a uniquely written piece which is highly chorus based, so rather than actual events playing out in front of the audience, four chorus members are telling the story of Lolita, starting as her friends who admire her and envy her, then they turn against her viciously.
One of the scenes in the play is recounting the events of a party. Without giving any of the story away, while speaking to the audience we wanted to set the scene of a teenage party, so we played Rihanna's 'SOS'. Along with that, we also choreographed a little dance piece to do while speaking, which was so difficult, but once we got it, it was extremely effective as it juxtaposed with what we were saying and how the scene ended.
On our final performance, our cast and the cast members from other plays had an after party, and 'SOS' came on. All the members of 'Slut' rushed to the dance floor and did our pretty epic routine and then everyone else joined in. A beautiful moment and a great way to celebrate the end of a wonderful two months
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