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Week Beginning the 9th December

On Monday 9th December, we were given questions which will help us discover more about the characters we are playing in “Citizenship”. For my character, the Tarot readers daughter her name is Emma, she is 29 years old, she is from a working-class background. We were then given a character sheet, this included questions on physicality, voice and facial expressions: 

This was useful because I can build on my character, showing their personality and bringing them to life. 
I was also given a sheet which asked me questions about where my scene with Tom will be set: 

I then made a spider diagram on my character Emma, my thoughts on the other characters. This was fun to do because it helped me to understand the characters, which will improve my performance.


On Tuesday 10th December, we watched a dress rehearsal from the 2nd year students on the level 3 drama. During the rehearsal, Rob told the actors who forgot their props and who made mistakes. In general, I thought it was interesting to watch because I was able to learn what happens in rehearsals for level 3. 

·         It can take time going over lines.
·         Practising your entrance.
·         Where you are positioned on stage.
·         Making sure you are projecting your voice so everyone in the audience can hear.

Tech work 

For this lesson we went back to the theatre to watch the same performance again. I thought it was more professional, they looked more confident and they had all their props. I enjoyed it more than the first time as it came across as funnier because their voices were clearer and louder. The performance went at a faster pace as there were no interruptions. This conveys the importance of rehearsals for performers, to give a better show for the audience to watch. 


On Thursday 12 December, we were put into two groups, we did a short performance on the Night Before Christmas. I was in a group with Ashleigh, Albiona, Henok and Aso. Our performance was about 5 siblings arguing over who gets the most presents. We see Santa placing our presents under the Christmas tree, we discover Albiona has the most presents whilst the rest of us have less. After watching both performances Rob decided that my groups performance was the best as it made him feel Christmassy, we won chocolate celebrations. We were very confident with our performance because we worked well as a team, planning the story, improvised to make the story come to life. I was happy because the group listened to my ideas which we used.


After lunch we went to the theatre to watch the final performance of the second-year level 3 students show “A Questmas Story”. The students that I did not see in rehearsals were on stage, everyone had learnt their lines as I did not see any scripts. Kieran Smith-Helder was cast as Timmy the dog. The audience laughed when he looked confused and surprised. I really laughed when he was running like a human and not as a dog. It also funny when Marley played by Lucky Asare said, “Is that dog walking?”. Another funny moment was the chase scene, Timmy the dog holding one of the kids whilst running away from the police officers, they both screamed and barked at each other. Overall this performance was very professional, it was a great Christmas panto to watch, the audience reacted with boos to the villains and cheers to the goodies of the show. 


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