"Evaluation of Barbican Box Performance"

Evaluation of Barbican Box Performance

On 21^st May at 5:30pm there was a mock rehearsal of Barbican Box performance, the real performance will take place on 10^th July 2015. During the time of the rehearsals everyone tried to complete their tasks assigned to them for the performance and tried to combine each part together as a group. Everyone tried to be on time and do their best during the time of the rehearsals. Although, we didn’t have much preparation time for the mock performance, we have still managed to create a good piece of work. My group and I did some good piece of work and only few days before the mock we have managed to develop the dance section. As a group we have worked well together and shared any ideas and thoughts during the rehearsals. From my individual perspective I think that I have always attended all the rehearsals on time and showed dedication and focus in remembering the order in acts. 

     During the performance, we didn’t have enough time to carry out the ‘man says’ section. The video should have been recorded slower which would have gave us more time to act out what the ‘man says’. During this game we should have been more childish and energetic. For the upcoming performance everyone has to learn their text with the dates and information about what has happened during that time period, which is what the play is representing (timeline). This is because during the mock not everyone knew their lines off by heart, which cannot happen during the real performance on the 10^th July. Also the video which we have included in the beginning of the performance should be shorter and the added song which will strengthen our performance. This is because, the length of the video is too long which may make the audience lose their focus; instead the shorter version will make the message powerful and interesting. Furthermore, the song will add some atmosphere to the play, an atmosphere which will make the audience empathise with the actors.

My next advice would be so that some of the acts should be showed slower so that the audience will understand the message (historical freeze frames). I really like the beginning which we have added after the mock- Michael Jackson dance, which will make the performance more interesting and powerful (protest dance). Also, I think discrimination at work looks well as long as we are carrying out the same movements at the same time, coordination. My advice is that we should practise our timing to make the whole performance tight.

 Also, I believe that the change we added improved the play as a whole and will make it an excellent piece when all the extra bits will be improved and perfected. For example; props and freezes (seasons) and also tweet which is when we create a semi-circle and push out the person who is pointed at. If we want this performance to be very good we have put all our energy into it and become the characters we are acting out. For the next performance, our section will be more developed and improved because this was the best part of the performance as the audience said. We will add a finale to our dance performance, so that the audience will understand the story of what the play is about (domestic abuse). Up to the performance we have to work harder in the rehearsals and make sure all the changes work together.