Political Performance Evaluation

I absolutely loved this performance.  I think it went amazing and all of the scenes flowed seamlessly, due it being well rehearsed and the transitions were all well directed and clear.  

My character ended up being really interesting and twisted.  I had to characterise my clown as bashful, which considering how confident we were supposed to be was quite difficult.  In my eyes my character started out as slightly disturbed but not broken.  However throughout the play he slowly got more and more broken, until the end where he accepted his fate as one of these clowns and did his duty to snow white, by beating the prisoner as he had been beaten so many times before.  This was extremely fun to do as it I felt it fit with the message of the performance and showed that torture is wrong and it can destroy morales and personalities.  

I think there were a few things I could have done better, for example I could have been more erratic and confident towards the audience at the start, as I found the interacting with the audience quite difficult to do because I had some friends in the crowd, I realised afterwards that that is a terrible reason to not play your character to their full potential and am slightly disappointed with myself for doing that.  Another thing I did wrong was in the final scene I missed my cue to swing but I don't feel as if the audience really noticed so I don't think it mattered that much.

I also think I did quite a few things well.  I really tried to engage with the character and make myself look bashful, which I think I did a few times, like when I brought the drinks out for the rest of the clowns. While they were all looking at me I tried to act as sheepish as I could.  Another thing I think went well was my screaming. I really tried to make it feel like I was actually screaming in guttural agony, I think I pulled this off as when I was being dragged off stage screaming I did hear some gasps coming from the audience. I also think my facial expressions throughout the performance were good, But I think they were best at the end when I was hitting Chloe.  I made clear grimaces and showed how much I hated doing what I was doing.

Overall I think the performance went amazing, I really enjoyed doing it and loved how nobody really did anything noticeably wrong, which doesn't usually happen in theatre performances.  I am really proud of myself and the rest of the cast as I think we pulled it off wonderfully.