Rehearsal activities

What rehearsal activity is best when a character has a question about what to do?

• Thought tunelling

• Thought tracking

• Writing in role

• Role on the Wall

You are in a rehearsal and your character needs to decide whether or not to lie to their friend. Describe how you would organise the actors in a thought tunnelling activity to help develop your ideas.

What rehearsal activity do we see in this image?

• Writing in role

• Role on the Wall

• Thought tunnelling

• Thought tracking

Why is role on the wall useful for an actor when developing their ideas about a character?

Your actor is making up a scene about what happens before the play they are working on starts. What activity are they doing?

• Improvisation

• Role swap

• Writing in role

• Thought tracking

A prompt (for example a poem) that we use to develop our dramatic ideas is called a

• Stimulator

• Stimulus

• Stratus

• Simulator

The director wants their actors to understand their characters' motivations (why they are behaving a certain way) in a scene. Which activity would be best for them to run?

• Writing in role

• Role on the Wall

• Thought tracking

• Improvisation

Why do actors and directors use rehearsal activities? Give 3 reasons

You write a diary entry in character about an important event. What activity are you doing?

• Role on the Wall

• Writing in role

• Improv

• Role swap

Role on the wall is best for

• Developing character

• Learning about the play

• Creating ideas for a play

• Writing a script