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Today, in class, we looked at technique called round- by through. Round-by through is a device used in physical theatre, as it is a technique which involves your body movements only and being able to portray your emotions as an actor to the audience without using speech or sound. As we were complete amateurs with this we began by watching a video featuring ‘Frantic Assembly’ (a physical theatre performance company). The video walked us through the steps to create our own round-by through and showed us how by just making slight changes and tweaks to a movement or by adding or taking away tension it can portray a snippet of a story. Then it was our turn. My character was from your very stereotypical plot of a love story. She’d been through some things ,got hurt and always had love (but not romantically) for her childhood bestfriend,my partner, who wanted and tried to be more than friends with me many times but always ended up getting hurt and built up  a wall between us. However, o...