Overall Evaluation The Secrets Out
Overall Evaluation The Secrets Out
Overall Evaluation The Secrets Out
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I have thoroughly enjoyed the Schools Tour process and was so proud of our final pie
When we started the process I wasnt really sure what to expect! I was really excited
I was excited by what we could achieve as a company and our first official piece of w
Workshops at the beginning of the process were great fun and reminded us of what i
I enjoyed it when we had the chance to devise our won work and it felt like then we
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Overall, the process was a huge success. In the time we had I was proud
of how far we took our individual characters. I felt like we all went on a
journey and was able to step up to the demand.
I also believe that the story was a really successful part of what we did.
The script was so endearing, funny, playful and magic. I loved how much
room the script gave us to play. It was like nothing was written in stone,
there was great scope for you as an actor to make it your own and have
fun. I believe this was something that really contributed to the success of
the piece. By the end I think we all felt we had ownership of the piece
and all of our characters played a massive part in making it work.
Something else was the fact that the show couldnt have worked without
any of our characters; this made it a success. It meant that everyone
really had something at stake, every character had a huge journey to go
on and every character had to be engaged and work inside the wider
group of characters and the story. I believe this was great for our
company too as we pulled together to tell the story and everyone was
linked and connected in some way.
One of the most successful and rewarding parts of the process for me
was performing at The Bracton Centre. To be honest I was really nervous
about this performance. I just had no idea what to expect or the response
we would receive. There was also an obstacle because in the sports hall
where we were performing there was a 6 second echo after speaking.
This was extremely challenging because if you spoke too fast then people
would have had no idea what you were talking about. Personally, I found
it especially challenging because of the manic and flustered nature of my
character. She has tendency to go off on one and speak quickly building
herself up into a panic. Therefore, I tried to slow down the speech and
show the flustered nature more in my physicality and facial expression as
well as tone of voice. At times the piece felt under energised because of
this but I think we all pulled together and the piece started to pick up
towards the end and we relaxed into it more. When they were all smiling
and having fun at the end it was such a great feeling and something I
would love to do again.
The success of the piece was also reflected in how we adapted to new
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The children shouldnt have even clocked that we were changing the
strengths
game because Individual
everything should
have beenand
a game. For example,
weaknesses
when Becky led the workshop with us, even just running to the wall or
gathering round to listen to her was a game and I think we should have
adapted more of these principals. I dont think we should have started
with the name game where children had to say their name and an
action on their own. I think it would have been better if we started with
more ensemble and team building exercises to make them feel
comfortable.
The planning efficiency was not great and we should have thought in
more depth about the games we were putting forward. It would have
been better to do less games but with better intension and clearer
outcome. These mistakes though will inevitably make it better if we
were to do workshops again and have taught us all what works and
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When they were asked if they would like to do acting in the future there
was an array of hands, which was such a brilliant outcome!
Feedback is paramount to the success of a show and based on the
feedback we received I believe our show was a great success. It shows
that it was a fun piece and audiences were taken on a journey. I feel
really proud that we inspired and provoked thought with the story and
energy we brought. It amazing to think what you can do when a
company really works together and I hope we can continue to create
work we love and make a difference.
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