Act 1

Overall act 1 went alright, however Andy gave us quite a lot of notes for us to work on;

-Lunatics are way too loud, take the volume down and put more tension in the body instead of the voice.

-Renfield needs to be given the opiate which Doctor Seward suggests and this needs to be given to Renfield by Grice, while he is holding Renfield.

-In scene 3 with Jonathan and Seward all the lunatics need to turn when describing the house and make shapes like gargles and turrets and turn when Jonathan says 'Gothic'.

-Grice grab Renfield's hair in scene 4 and tug him about when Grice says 'Mad bastard'.

-Scene 5 at Heartwood house the lunatics are too loud that the acting being done on stage cannot be heard so the lunatics need to be turned down.

-In Dracula's first scene which is scene 7, when we have all been sword fighting and we collapse on the floor, one side gets up when Dracula says 'Romanoths' and the other side gets up when Dracula says 'Hapsburgs' and then all the lunatics sit back down when Dracula says 'Upstarts'.

I feel after getting this feedback and running through it again, it all looks a lot better because we're now complimenting the act 1 scene 1 scene between Mina and Lucy, instead of making a whole new scene just behind their scene.

The queues for certain bits has made the act look a lot neater and smoother. Very good.