Berkoff - Greek - Dinner

The second section that we worked on was after Eddy's Dad is telling Eddy the story of how he met a gypsy fortune teller. At the beginning of the section, Eddy explains that he'd never have sexual relations with his mother. The middle of the section is taken up by a dinner scene where we included a lot of staccato movement. The end of the section explains what the family do after they've had their dinner. The section is told completely from Eddy's memory and after this, Eddy leaves the family house. 

In the lesson that we did this section, we were missing two people from our group which means that in future sessions we will have to add in both of these people which may cause issues or make the section flow better. 

There were many positives to this section, the most obvious being the large amount that we managed to block in the time given. Although it is not perfect, the fact we got through a large section within the piece means that we can power through the whole script and then return at a later stage to improve upon what we'd done. There was an overall variation as to who said what line, including various lines that were said at the same time which gave them emphasis. I think that as a group our facial expressions were exaggerated nicely with the use of various facial masks, as were our cockney accents. 

One part of the section that I want to go into more detail on is where I sit on Kathryn's leg as the mother when she asks Eddy if he wants more cake. This could either show that the mother is aptly mothering him and forcing him to have more food. It could also be more suggestive as it may imply a romantic aspect to their relationship as Eddy does end up having sexual relations with his mother. This closeness, therefore, accentuates the later developments in their relationship. 

However, there were some negatives to this piece. I feel like I need to vary my tone a lot more when moving from Eddy's speech to the mother's. I think that the lack of change in tone is also evident in the Spinx scene where I need to adopt a more feminine voice. I think that this is something to do with a lack of confidence. We also need more definition in some of our moves and definition as to where one section ends and another begins. This will be easier to complete when we have a full cast again. We also need to work on our pronunciation so that the audience can understand what we're saying as the speech is quite hard to understand due to the accents. Finally, we need to work on pacing and where to put in slow sections which would be juxtaposed by faster sections.