Before the show we did a focusing game of counting to twenty with our eyes closed and if someone else says the number at the same time we have to start again and this was purely to just get our energy and focus ready for the show.
I personally think the show went really well. Sim improvised a lot in her character of the Doctor which worked for her but it was really hard not to laugh on stage which I resulted in doing only because some of the stuff she said, I was not expecting it at all. I think I really brought a lot of character into it even more in the show as I had an audience to bounce off. My dress made it difficult to jump around and walk around because it was so long so that restricted me slightly. Doing the quick costume changes was really hard but everyone managed to do it.
When the song came I was so nervous because it was such an odd tune and we hadn't gone through it since before the show. When it came to it, it was slightly forgotten tune wise but it ended up coming across quite comic instead of unprofessional. We pulled through and I personally think the show went really well in the end.
There was also things that could of been improved. Many rules were broken during the show which should not happen. Examples of this included mentioning 'God' a few times, and one of the rules of commedia is to not mention anything to do with religion. Also there was a few remarks that was said that could have been seen as 'racist' or just completely in appropriate. Many people forgot their stances and there walks and came out of character as they was focusing on their words too much and just purely forgetting. There was also a lot of talking backstage and noise which shouldn't happen in any show but it came out really loud from where the audience was which obviously isn't good. In the blackouts, people (including myself) took way too long to get on and off stage, this (in my opinion) was because I couldn't see anywhere I was going which lead to some of the scenery being knocked over by other people as well during the show. Also not being able to see backstage as much either it lead to people tripping over props or costumes/masks that had been left on the floor. We should have prepared the song a few days before the show instead of on the day, as this lead to a lot of stress particularly to Lily as she had to play the piano in the song. The scene with the banquet where McGeoff saw the ghost of Spankio, was just pure messy. Everyone talked over each other, I had been given instruction to say something to Michael with everyone else quiet but that was hard to do as some people kept talking or couldn't hear me trying to start the line. I think the scene lost meaning and just looked pointless due to the fact that so much was going on that you couldn't really tell what was going on with Michael's character. Sometimes in scenes, dialogue dragged on way to long and eventually just dried out and became very awkward for the audience to watch and the people on stage to be around. But I still think the show was a success and was really funny, we got good reactions from the audience which I think helped with everyone's confidence a lot. If something went wrong aka when Michael's wig fell off and when Eden dropped all of her coins, it was improvised really well as Michael pretended that his wig was a rat and stamped on it and Eden just commentated as she was picking up the coins and it went really well with her character.
There was also things that could of been improved. Many rules were broken during the show which should not happen. Examples of this included mentioning 'God' a few times, and one of the rules of commedia is to not mention anything to do with religion. Also there was a few remarks that was said that could have been seen as 'racist' or just completely in appropriate. Many people forgot their stances and there walks and came out of character as they was focusing on their words too much and just purely forgetting. There was also a lot of talking backstage and noise which shouldn't happen in any show but it came out really loud from where the audience was which obviously isn't good. In the blackouts, people (including myself) took way too long to get on and off stage, this (in my opinion) was because I couldn't see anywhere I was going which lead to some of the scenery being knocked over by other people as well during the show. Also not being able to see backstage as much either it lead to people tripping over props or costumes/masks that had been left on the floor. We should have prepared the song a few days before the show instead of on the day, as this lead to a lot of stress particularly to Lily as she had to play the piano in the song. The scene with the banquet where McGeoff saw the ghost of Spankio, was just pure messy. Everyone talked over each other, I had been given instruction to say something to Michael with everyone else quiet but that was hard to do as some people kept talking or couldn't hear me trying to start the line. I think the scene lost meaning and just looked pointless due to the fact that so much was going on that you couldn't really tell what was going on with Michael's character. Sometimes in scenes, dialogue dragged on way to long and eventually just dried out and became very awkward for the audience to watch and the people on stage to be around. But I still think the show was a success and was really funny, we got good reactions from the audience which I think helped with everyone's confidence a lot. If something went wrong aka when Michael's wig fell off and when Eden dropped all of her coins, it was improvised really well as Michael pretended that his wig was a rat and stamped on it and Eden just commentated as she was picking up the coins and it went really well with her character.
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