5.06.15

Sophie as Givola and Chloe as Butcher

1930's female fashion, the second dress reminds me of Betty's dress style, the top image shows the CHICAGO 1930's style

Today we tried on all our costumes and did a run through of the show from the beginning until scene 6 which is when our interval will be, we did not do the run through in costume, but we did try all our costumes on before the run to make sure everything fits OK. Both my dresses fit me and I think they really suit my characters. My other character, Sheet, will be wearing a black suit jacket, a white shirt and black trousers with brogues. And he will also have a briefcase, which i want to fill with paper and have him running in holding lots of paper and trying to put it all in his briefcase, as he has been doing bank runs all day so I want the audience to see how exhausted he is and how much he has been trying to get a loan for the cauliflower trust.

The run through today went well and I feel the scenes are becoming much stronger, we next need to run through from scene 7 until the epilogue as we have not done this yet.

We need to work on the transitions from scene to scene as at points it was un organised and it did not flow from one scene to another. We need to have a rehearsal on transitions and I am sure we will achieve this shortly. 

Personally I feel confident with how my characters are developing and I feel the difference between Dockdaisy and Betty is very clear. Betty is much more mature, smart and witty, whereas Dockdaisy is very ditzy and flirtatious, she always seems like she is in her own little world whereas Betty is very with it and on the ball.

This is my costume for Dockdaisy, it is more revealing than Betty's costume and it portrays Dockdaisy as she is a flirty young woman, who likes to drink and is always up to something.

The brogues I am going to wear for my characters, including Sheet

This is my costume for Betty, it has a black hat to accompany it to, this dress is very formal, grown up and professional, which is exactly what Betty is like, she is a respectable married woman, unlike Dockdaisy who is a floozy who likes to flaunt herself to the men, particularly Givola.

This is the hairstyle I am going to try and achieve for both my female characters as it is quite easy to do with my hair and will look very 1930's. I will bring my curling tongs to a dress rehearsal and try this out, and I will also try it out at home.

This is another song we have found by Duke Ellington which we want to use for the show.