All together the show was a great hit, and everyone in the class pulled it off, this may be down to nerves and the rush of adrenaline we all experienced. We were the first group to perform, I start quietly off stage and can hear the dialogue being spoken on stage at the time. Millie's accent was massively improved and you could understand what she was saying as we worked and rehearsed on this in class. Josh's death looked tragic and meaningful and the audience could see from the bottle what he was drinking due to the change of the labelling we also did in class. As the clowns exit and us school children arrive i could feel the energy levels higher than ever before this showed through our performance with our confidence and projection of speech which was a focus we looked upon in lesson.
Some lines were slightly incorrect but these were covered from each others enthusiastic reactions. We all managed to look at the speaker when he or she is saying there lines, i knew we achieved this through the audiences reaction as the were understanding and aware with the story. As we have never performed this to an audience, it was a great experience getting a response from a live audience. for example, there were humorous points throughout the play that we had forgot were funny. Listening to the audience laugh gave us a great confidence boost and helped us to play about with the joke.
Act 3 came off a hit as well. The comedy element came out of the clown routine with the use of a mask of the queen and other essential props that made the dance. The song 'clown by Emile sunda' sounded great but I'm not sure weather the audience understood the cause of the song. And the reasons for why they are singing it and why they look miserable whilst performing it. The taming routine was spectacular with all the different props and acrobatics occurring as well as being enhanced by the lighting that was bright, colourful and exciting. Mine and Elle's kart will looked stable and safe which is the feeling we wanted to gain whist doing it, if we were to do it again i would definitely challenge ourselves to succeed in 3 kart wills in a row, this could of been achieved if we didn't have a shortage of rehearsal time.
As i have said above the reactions from the audience really gave us high spirits and encouragement and it gave the cast a confidence boost which was needed in our performance. We even received an email from the opposite school congratulating our success on the show, and how they enjoyed it as well as explaining how thankful they were for our encouragement towards there school.
I felt that we could develop the play for future performances through various ideas. I would have liked to of seen more daring stunts being trialled throughout the play, some of the stunts we did lacked energy and excitement and that fear factor the audience want to see. We most defiantly needed masks in the animal taming routine in act 3. All though we had props to convey our our animals it still didn't seem clear enough. Spending an hour making masks would have made all the difference and would of visually been pleasing. We each had these hand made purple tops for the animal taming routine that were perfect but with having animal costumes would of just added to the circus like affect. And if we had extra time i would most definitely make sure that we ourselves know as a cast why the song 'clown' is being performed and what significance it has to the play.
Keeping in character was a demand in our tech run, but having a break re-energise the mind and helped me to easily step back into the role of my character without any problems. This is a skill to keep with me for the future. I have also learnt how to interact and react with a cast in a professional manner whilst dialogue is being said.
Target - Focus tecnhiques for staying in characater
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