Our Final Two Shows

On Thursday, we did our final two physical theatre shows of, "100 Years", they both had bigger audience's than the first night, which was great. The 4.30 show went really well, the audience all seemed to really enjoy it and I took on board all of the notes that I have been given.

I made sure Cameron and I used the space and extended our movements in the Recruitment scene. I was also very aware of timings and made sure I took my time in everything. I used the space in the trance-like scene and walked right to the edge of the stage where there was a gap and I also made sure to use the space in the Fat Cats scene, even though, for some of it, that meant standing on my own, but I could play with my money and develop my character further.

It went really well and I was really excited to perform it again later in the evening.

The 7pm performance went really well too, it was the last time we were all going to be together and perform, so I was determined to make it the best performance I could. It all went really well and I kept up my character, the back stories behind all of my characters, my emotions and I stayed focused and ready back stage.

There was a technical fault where the music didn't come on for the last scene, but I spoke to my parents and friends who came to see it and they said, they didn't notice, because the silence was really effective.

In the section where we have to look at the women, as they go through the boxes, and we stand at the back watching, there was a minor setback when Gus collapsed next to me on stage. At first I thought it was part of the physical theatre piece and he was improvising, but I looked at him and could tell he was over-heating. I picked him up of the floor and he told me he was fine, but I told him to go and get a glass of water, so he quickly went off stage, where Sean in TTA looked after him. It was a little scary, as I wasn't sure what to do, but again, my parents said that they thought it was part of the piece, so I guess it looked effective.

Apart from this minor setback, we were able to continue and go on with the rest of the piece and make it effective and moving for the audience. Who all seemed to love it.

I have really enjoyed being a part of 100 Years and it has been so nice to work as a year group again after not seeing people for ages. It was our final performance in the New Theatre as a group and I feel like we all did it to the best of our ability. I feel like I have worked really hard this term, both in rehearsals and in shows and that I have had a positive and appropriate attitude throughout this process and I have worked hard to make sure I performed to the best of my ability, whilst having respect and staying aware of the subject that we're performing about.