Notes from week 8 (final week)
Performed the show to two different schools
Lead three workshops with the kids
Re blocked the lighting for the Miskin show
Performed the show at the Miskin
Our final week was a hectic one to say the least but a very successful week in my book. We took the show to two different schools and performed to the year 5’s and 6’s. Now I don’t think we performed to the best of our ability at all, in fact I think we lacked a lot in our performances and I don’t think we connected with the kids. We lacked the most in terms of play and exploration.
The workshops however were in my opinion more of a success than the shows, because the kids had a lot of fun and we built some sort of a connection with them which we didn’t do in the show. We took on all of the notes given to us by Carleigh and Clare the day before such as not giving the kids time to think and to keep things moving.
We had a few days to relax and reflect on the process so far and then it was back to business and back to Miskin to put the show out once more. We were all very stressed over the budget and making a profit from the show and also over ticket sales which were not doing great, but we pulled through and put the show out which was an amazing success. I had the most fun I have ever had whilst performing and even though things went wrong we made it look like part of the show. We played and explored, something we didn’t do at the schools and we had the audience laughing at nearly every scene, it was brilliant.
This is some of my thoughts on our final week, would you guys like to add anything?.
