Final post in my blog :)

Love costs nothing

Evaluation:

I think that the performance went well, there wasn't a moment of "uh oh that went really wrong" however I think the flow to the piece was really stagnated. But first let's talk about the positives.

The opening - the audience coming in and being placed as Plebs or bosses was fab! The audience's faces were shocked, I remember one woman who look surprised she was being applauded by the chorus when she hadn't even done anything!Calling people Plebs and moving them into their seats just filled the room with laughter and was a great opening to the play. The music the audience entered to was "Money (that's what I want)" The buzzy music and the happy feel in the air made a great start. That was the first good thing! 

As the game show continued - dressing up the audience and the cards was a huge success and I think because they weren't expecting to be part of it, it was so much more fun for them and something a little different. 

The strongest devised pieces were the Police *sponsored by Durex*, Britain's Got Benefits and finally The Apprentice. They just owned the stage - I think what was so good about them was the consistency of the choices they made. The Focus Group devised piece I did, didn't really make clear choices in what we were trying to portray but the Apprentice was short and sweet. The whole ensemble of everyone laughing created this mocking tone which worked so well! 

The Police repeating certain lines and the slick exchange of sentences just made the relationship between the two coppers bouncy and flamboyant and there was never a dull moment! 

Britain's Got Benefits was a great way to end the whole performance! I can't even explain why!

The ending was strong and purposeful and was perfect! 

Note to self: The groups that were the best made clear strong choices about what their message was and how they were going to show it.

My scene for indulge could of gone worse - it wasn't terrible. I made sure my character was a "bossy" woman and I gave it my all! I remembered my lines and thoroughly enjoyed playing her - the scene flowed well and it did not mess up. 

I would however made the transition into that scene much better in fact most of the transitions from scene to scene were a little slow and let the piece down a little but nothing major.

The character's for focus group could of been much bigger and even more over the top! It needed more energy and more pace and we didn't use the Placards in the end because they kept falling off. Stronger tape next time. 

I think that the whole performance was incredible it just needed to be cleaner and more decisive in devised sections. The Price and Indulge were really good and there was never a dull moment with them. The characters stayed strongly in Indulge and in the Price.

I have immensely enjoyed doing this Political Performance! I really have! I have felt so creative and excited and I was so proud of what we created! We did a topic that has always triggered something in me and now I feel even stronger about expressing my opinion about these issues but also it has spurred me onto write more things to do with current Politics! I love Brecht and his way of theatre! 

The End.