In our first class session we got into our group, the other half of our class had already decided they wanted to be together. This worked out perfectly for us as many of us had worked together before and new how we worked.

Once we had formed our group, our first decision was to decide what sort of company we wanted to be, what sort of production we wished to produce. As a set of people we were all quite comedic and energetic people, which led to an almost natural decision our creating a comedy. The only thing that we did not agree upon is whether we waned to do a political comedy or a normal comedy, so we left to brew over that decision.

In this session as well, we were told about the roles that made up a theatre company and started to discuss who wished to do which role. We all took a piece of paper and wrote which role we wanted on it, so the the roles ended up looking like this:

• Director = Emily Wood
• Producer = Natasha Bailey
• Stage Manager = Amy Blench
• Marketing = Kim Bowe and Morwenna Murray
• Lighting and Sound = Adam Cockerill
• Costume Designer = Catherine Richardson
• Set Designer = Paige Moran
• Props Manager = Jack Briggs
• Dramaturg = Elif Taneri
• Actors = Amy Blench, Kim Bowe, Morwenna Murray, Adam Cockerill, Catherine Richardson, Jack Briggs, Elif Ege Taneri and me

On our piece of paper we then went into brief detail about what our role would consist of. As Set Designer I knew that I would be designing what the stage would look like and help determine the feel of the piece, also that my set would be determined by the type of production we ended up doing and what era. We left the session with homework to think about what we wished our piece to be about.