Rent Day 7 - Tango Maureen + Christmas Bells

Today we split into groups to work on different things, Tom and Meg worked on "Another Day" and got that looking really cool. Freya, Ashley and Dan worked on "Tango Maureen", while Toby, Dom, Dan and I started to work on "Christmas Bells are Ringing". We found it hard when we didn't know what was next, so we didn't know how in needs to end with who needs to be on stage and who off. However we did have some ideas on what could happen to start, from where we are at the end of "Rent" Benny is on the floor on one side of the stage, Collins is on the stairs at the other end of the stage and Dan and Meg are separated on stage. We thought that we could all move together around the fire we made during Rent and just sing it while trying to keep warm. The simplicity of it could work with whoever can be in it so it doesn't necessarily matter what comes next as it is simple to move from that position. However I feel this song could have a bit more to it, I feel it would be better to have Benny, Collins, Dom and Dan slowly walk to the front of the stage but be spread out across it and sing the song directly at the audience in a snarky sort of "somewhere else ... not here". While that is happening we have some flats come down behind us and block the stage apart from where the table is and we get the apartment kind of framed by these flats and the stage could be cleared behind the flats for the next scene. Its a lot for a small moment but I kind of like the way I think it will draw the audiences attention to the singers and not the whole stage. After brainstorming some ideas for this song we were then needed to take part in "Tango Maureen" and for the rest of the lesson we were learning the steps for it. Our next step is to finish Tango Maureen and get that looking good.