We started rehersals by devising the beginning of the peice, we started by turning to our right and coming through the boys, holding our babies in our arms (bundled up shirts) and looking out to the audience. This scene was to represent all the women who had been left at home, with fatherless children whilst husbands where at war. I learnt from devising this section that by having people on different levels the audience get to see each individual actor, contributing to a more visually effective peice and by deciding to have some of the girls on the floor kneeling with their child and some standing with the boys at the back we could acheive this.
After that section we unfolded the shirts slowly and placed one sleeve on our shoulders and one sleeve held in our hand this visually created the idea that we where dancing with our husbands. In this section we hummed along to the song "keep the home fires burning" which Leanne sung once before we all started to hum along with her. This created an emotional atmosphere, which was extremely useful for all of us as we could respond to the mood and really perform a peice that could emotionally touch the audience. Being silent and focused enabled us to get on with our work and feel more connect to our characters.
We then devised a smooth transition from the opening scene to the physical washing line sequence. From the dancing with the shirts, we danced into position forming a line of the girls at the back, holding our shirts up. Following Chloe and Kat, we shook out our shirts which was then a signal for the boys to lift the washing lines up. Next we decided that the boys should shout "Attention!" this would be a que to run into position. This then led to the girls moving positions on stage, we did this to allow all of the groups scripted scenes and sequences to be seen by the audience.
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