Today we focused on refining the movements that we rehearsed yesterday. Shannon brought her clothes, which were perfect, and both girls practiced in costume. We ran the scene once without me stopping them, I gave them feedback on it, and then we ran it slower, with me jumping in to coach when needed. We repeated this a few times, until I let them run it again with no interruptions. My main coaching was a result of them forgetting little things that we had practiced yesterday, however by the third run-through they had remembered them all.

We then ran through the girl's speeches: Lee's 'make me a willow cabin at your gates' and Shannon's 'I'll be sworn thou art'. They needed slight tweaking, mainly just moving a step, or a half step, to one side, etc. however were mostly better than yesterday.

I thought some moments needed a little more energy still, and they were both speaking a little too quietly in parts so I asked the girls to run the scene again, but at 4x the energy. I observed from near the back of the theatre, as I reasoned that I should be seeing from there what I would normally see from near the front at standard energy. They were a little cautious at first, especially Lee with her 'I am not that I play', where she emphasises her breasts, however they warmed into it as the run progressed. I felt that although some bits were definately over the top, the energy in some parts (for example their reactions) could remain in the actual production. I asked the girls to put extra energy into the scene, (not 4x though!) and it would probably come out at a happy medium. I think Shannon especially needs a little more energy in some parts, as she is hiding behind the desk for most of it. Lee's character is also easy to make big and energetic. The big performing space means more energy and slightly bigger movements are necessary as smaller movements are lost. The Beggar's Opera set definately helps to reduce the space.

We ended with one final run through, uninterrupted by me. I gave the girls feedback on the final run through (most of which was positive) and we parted ways, ready to meet on Monday for our final rehearsal!