Our process began on our first lesson when we explored
practitioner brect. This allowed us to transition from naturalism to epic
theatre. We looked at techniques such as
the v effect and narration; this was useful as we could start thinking early
about ways to portray ideas. We then began to develop our play. Rehearsals wee I my opinion unfocused as people
were not paying attention. This made it difficult to devise scenes in groups
and as well made the piece harder to pull together.
Making the piece from scratch was very difficult. Everybody had
different ideas and ways to show things. There were some members of the class
that didn't let others get a word in and it became frustrating to put ideas
out. The week before the performance and everything still felt much
disorganised. Nobody had learnt there lines and nobody knew the running order
or their cues. This made things more
difficult.
On the day of the performance we began with a warm up to connect
everybody and focus everybody. I felt that this was extremely helpful and
people became more focused. I however needed to leave at 10 as i had an orthodontist
appointment. This was difficult for me as it meant I had less rehearsal time
however it was something unavoidable. I came back at around 12 and joined back
into the group. In the rehearsal I spent my time focusing n the running order. Were
props were on stage and lines. This was useful as it meant when it came to the
performance I knew when i was on and my cues.
The piece started to come together after several rehearsals
and then it was time for or performance. I felt that everyone had a better energy
towards the play and was ready to perform well. We all sat neatly and the game
show host were energetic and lively as the audience came in. this set the mood
for audience and involved them straight away so they were aware this isn’t a naturalistic
play. The iudulge scenes ran well. I felt
like we could have made it more obvious at the start that it was an episodic
play however I think the audience eventually understood. The rice scenes aso ran well. I feel like incorporating
lots of different ideas threw the audience slightly. We could have focused in
more onto one topic rather than doing everything but in general I was a good focus
on everything and we gave everything an equal standpoint and therefore challenged lots of views in the audicene and I feel like even among ourselves we
became more educated during the process which s whati feel theatre should encourage
and we achieved the aims of making it a political piece.
I felt that my performance was ok in the performance but
could have been better. I feel as though I could have developed the character further
and done some more characterisation to further the message towards the
audience. I remembered m lines along with the other people in my group however I
felt our transition comin of stage after laughing was weak.
My lust scene was good however I felt like we were too far forward
on the stage so the ‘bosses’ couldn't see
the details and if I were to d it again I would consider more the staging before
devising the piece.
