Taking everything into consideration I very much enjoyed this play. After feeling deeply unmotivated by 'My Name Is Jones' and knowing we wouldn't have a lot of time (only three weeks) to come up with another play I was a little thrown off and nervous. However lack of time we had and the lack of desire I had for this project at first, I decided to put all that aside and work hard nonetheless. Also being able to work with a professional and experienced theatre director (Jon) was one of the main things that brought back my eagerness for this project.
The rehearsals were exhausting and a little slow at first but over time I got used to it. I especially enjoyed the warm ups as they were fun and definitely got me focused for the rest of the day.
I also learnt the significance of energy, enthusiasm, and concentration. A persons performance can definitely be determine by how much of the three they have in them.
With the play itself, I thoroughly enjoyed it. Initially, I did feel the story of it was a bit cliché but the way we portrayed it and performed it was definitely how I would have wanted it to be. It had elements of Artaud who I'm a huge fan of as well as physical, and ensemble work and the play surely ticked those boxes. I also loved the fact that the roles were evenly split between the group and everybody had their chance to shine, and each and every one of us had a huge significance to the show.
Overall, despite my negative attitude towards the show, I grew to absolutely love and enjoy it all. Well, not so much the pain it's caused my shoulders.
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