Thursday 8th and friday 9th

During thursdays double lesson we did our first run for jonathan and the rest of the class. It was the first time any of them had seen it so we knew that we would get really constructive criticism from them. The run went really well because we had a lot of fun doing it and it was reassuring to hear people laughing at our piece. None of us really knew how funny it was going to be and to hear jonny laugh at it was a real moral boost for all of us, especially jessy. Although it wasnt finished and we didnt have any costumes, everyone said that it made sense (which was the most important thing to us) and everyone seemed to really get into the spirit and connect with the emoitions we were trying to make them feel.

In feedback, everyone said that it was really funny, imaginative and easy to understand. They said, however, that the one thing that they found a little bit confusing was who was hero when we were all dancing with george. Jonathan said that it was effective because we had the audience laughing one minute and then nearly crying the next and that we had achieved emersive theatre but still needed to polish it. Everyone loved the flamboyant characters. 

On friday, I personally really wanted to clear up where we all were meant to be when we are not on, which props are getting moved, when are we changing costumes and where etc. Although we had run it smoothly the day before, it wasnt finished and we still sort of stayed with the audience all the way through and just sort of said "we will be changing at this time" etc. So we made a map on the whiteboard of all the spaces we use and we also made little counters that represented each of us. By the end of the lesson, i now had a detailed step-by-step set of instructions so now i know exactly what i should be doing at all times.