8th dec - worthing high

Today we went to Worthing High School to perform the selection of songs from 'Rent'. This time I was off-cast so Bryleah performed as Joanne.

Adaptations we have made to suit the performance at Worthing:

• Performance space: As the area we are using in the school is much smaller than our space, and the audience will be lined up on one side rather than all around which is what our audience will be like, we've had to change things to suit it. We changed Will I by performing it in a slight semi circle facing the crowd. Seasons Of Love was also adapted as we all change to face the audience head on in a clump formation, rather than a long line facing opposite ways as there was no audience on the other side.
• Length of songs: We cut down Light My Candle
•  Costume: We decided to wear all black
• Transitions: We had to create transitions between each song such as the moving of the chairs for Santa Fe

What do you want them to understand of the performance?

• Understand the relationships and mood of scenes: In example, Take Me Or Leave Me portrays anger and break up, Light My Candle portrays flirtatiousness, the start of a romance, Santa Fe portrays the dreamy phase and Will I portrays the sadness and the state of giving up

AFTER PERFORMANCE

I feel the ensembles went much better than our Durrington performance, maybe because we had more space and didn't feel so closed in. Our timing for Santa Fe and the energy was much better and Will I also stayed in time and didn't go off key. Take Me Or Leave Me was great and Bryleah delivered a great performance playing Joanne. In One Song Glory, James had captivated the audience and had very convincing expressions and emotions in his performance. The audience's response was similar to Durrington's, they understood the moods but weren't sure on the actual themes.