the 2 performance reviews.

MONDAY-
We were the first group to perform out of the whole class so we were incredibly nervous. We set up quickly as we had very little time after the 2 dance pieces had finished and did a few focus warm up to make sure everyone was in the right frame of mind and ready for the performance. We also did a vocal warm up to make sure our voices were okay for the song. Overall the performance was not the best we had done. For some reason it just didnt give us the buzz. Perhaps it was nerves, perhaps it was becuase we knew it was funny. There were also a few accidents that threw our performances a bit. I tripped over a girls crutches in the canteen scene which completely threw me off focus and then in the second bedroom scene we knocked the lighting desk whilst getting dressed which made the lighting go wrong and rose had to step in an help. However the audience seemed to really enjoy it and it was so reassuring to hear laughter. Everyone was willing to go along with the story and get involved and we got really good feedback from everyone at the end. We learnt a lot from this performance including things like slowing it down a huge percent, make actions bigger so they can be seen and to have fun with it because we learnt if we have fun, then the audience will have fun too.
WEDNESDAY-
Wednesday was, in my opinion, the best performance of our piece we have ever done. There were NO hiccupps (this was mainly because we had learnt from last time and therefore took the neccessary steps to ensure nothing happens like that again-I taped up the lighting desk and put it on a chair so it couldnt be knocked or changed) and there was a fantastic feel about it. I think this was because we all knew that it was going to be our last ever performance and therefore really had fun with it. We slowed it down a lot and this helped us really get into it and savour the experience which also allowed the audience to surround themselves in our world too. Again we did focus warm ups and then we all did a little pep talk to get us going. We had a really enthusiastic reaction to the piece and again, people played along and were laughing in all the right places. I feel so happy about in fact that i dont have any criticisms about it! (though i know other people will).