Today is our performance day, we have been rehearsing in the tunnels throughout the morning and one of the biggest problems we have encountered is space, due to the fact we visited our location once we were able to get good motivation on the style of the piece however the one visit meant we forgot how small some of the tunnel space was and therefore over estimated how much space we could use for two of our movement pieces. We spent some time ensuring the movement pieces would be just as effective with the reduced space as well as being safe for the actors to perform in.
Another thing we didn't take into account was the acoustics of the tunnels. During a performance if you're not on stage you'd usually discuss with the other performances how its going or what's next in the play but the sound travelled so well in the tunnels this wasn't possible even if we whispered, another thing that we have to be conscious of is footsteps, even though everyone is wearing soft soled shoes the sound is still being carried a long way through the tunnel system.
Bringing our piece into the tunnels gives the play the whole overall atmosphere that makes the play what it is, we were concerened that some of our scenes might not have a good atmosphere but Fort Amherst was the perfect location for atmosphere and size we need to have this play as effective as we need it to be.
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