Rehearsal for 'into the woods' 2nd October 2014

In todays rehearsal we started blocking and working on scene 2 of the play. In this scene this is the first time that all of the characters are in the woods. My character begins to look for the items that the witch wanted to reverse the spell. We did this rehearsal outside to block it properly and see what space we had. At first I found it hard performing outside due to the large performance area. I found it hard to project my voice so that all of the audience can hear me no matter where I am outside, To get over this I need to do lots of vocal exercises to bring my voice up to volumes, especially if I will be singing without the aid of mics. However by starting to perform outside it was good to get the feel with the surrounding and the scenery and working out how long it will take us to get across the stage, as you don't normally get to work with the set till later times.