Sophie seemed to be rocking from side to side during her monologue, and paddling a little bit, it made her character seem a little less certain and distracted me as part of the audience. If this was a creative choice by her then it was very effective, however I do know how distracting paddling can be, I should always be making sure I don't slip into this habit myself. I noticed that there was a really good relationship between Sav [Nell] and Sophie [Doll]. It made a really good sense of comradeship and I think that that representation of friendship and dynamic is completely essential in our piece. It's something our group has been working on extensively to acquire, and I took notes on what it was that made that relationship on stage. It was things like the way they joined in on jokes, they patted each other on the back and seemed really comfortable in each other's company. One thing that I noticed was that Liam kept on losing character on stage. I'm not sure why it was, but there were several points where it just looked like Liam-drinking-at-a-pub, instead of the-Earl-of-Rochester-drinking-at-a-pub. The only thing you can really do to stop this happening is just keep constant and unwavering focus on stage. This doesn't have to be huge and obvious, you don't have to be tensed or serious, you just have to be completely focus and in the moment. Generally in this group the volume was just a little bit too low, it is very difficult in a piece with little physical action to keep your volume up, since it can often feel lie your shouting and like it doesn't "fit", however you just have to keep your voice clear and loud otherwise the audience simply won't hear you.
Greta, Jenny, Chloe and Izzy:
The only notes I took for this group was that they had an excellent "vibe" of a Tiring Room onstage. This is something I'm noticing in all the groups because it's something that I want to capture most in my own group. I think it's just the relaxed atmosphere, the chatter and business that defines it. It's the sense of home and comfort there that makes it seem so real.
Liam and Bella:
Bella has excellent characterisation in this scene. Her forte is comedy, something she naturally excels at, and she pulled off the funny parts of the scene with great finesse, however she also had wonderful characterisation in the more serious parts of the scene which was good to see. Liam still needs to get posher, he's an Earl which is only one step down from royalty and an Earl would definitely see himself as good as royalty. Liam still seemed a little too 21st century teenage boy. Some of the lines hadn't been properly learnt which just took a little bit of the edge off of the acting, and the scene was just a touch too quiet.
Jazz, Jade and Mitch:
In Jazz's monologue she occasionally ended up paddling around the stage, however this may have just been part of her characterisation. Also, she just didn't seem in character whilst performing. She seemed like Jazz saying Nell's lines, in her own tone, pitch, pace and even using her won mannerisms! Perhaps all that was needed was for her to take a little more time with the monologue. Jade had excellent posture and characterisation, living up to the personality of Mrs Betterton that had already been set by Greta and Sophie respectively in earlier scenes. However, there were a few moments when it was clear that the lines just hadn't been learnt well enough and the group messed up. This isn't a problem in it's self, it just shows that you need to take a bit more time to sit down and go over your lines, the problem was that when someone messed up the entire group lost focus and slipped out of character. Of course, once this had happened they found it very difficult to pick themselves back up again. In our group I think that this can sometimes be a problem. There are a few moments when something funny will happen in the scene and one or two people will find it too funny and drop focus. Fixing this will just take a lot of will power, however I think that the gorup won't have this problem when we're on stage in front of an audience performing it.
Greta, Jenny, Chloe and Izzy:
The only notes I took for this group was that they had an excellent "vibe" of a Tiring Room onstage. This is something I'm noticing in all the groups because it's something that I want to capture most in my own group. I think it's just the relaxed atmosphere, the chatter and business that defines it. It's the sense of home and comfort there that makes it seem so real.
Liam and Bella:
Bella has excellent characterisation in this scene. Her forte is comedy, something she naturally excels at, and she pulled off the funny parts of the scene with great finesse, however she also had wonderful characterisation in the more serious parts of the scene which was good to see. Liam still needs to get posher, he's an Earl which is only one step down from royalty and an Earl would definitely see himself as good as royalty. Liam still seemed a little too 21st century teenage boy. Some of the lines hadn't been properly learnt which just took a little bit of the edge off of the acting, and the scene was just a touch too quiet.
Jazz, Jade and Mitch:
In Jazz's monologue she occasionally ended up paddling around the stage, however this may have just been part of her characterisation. Also, she just didn't seem in character whilst performing. She seemed like Jazz saying Nell's lines, in her own tone, pitch, pace and even using her won mannerisms! Perhaps all that was needed was for her to take a little more time with the monologue. Jade had excellent posture and characterisation, living up to the personality of Mrs Betterton that had already been set by Greta and Sophie respectively in earlier scenes. However, there were a few moments when it was clear that the lines just hadn't been learnt well enough and the group messed up. This isn't a problem in it's self, it just shows that you need to take a bit more time to sit down and go over your lines, the problem was that when someone messed up the entire group lost focus and slipped out of character. Of course, once this had happened they found it very difficult to pick themselves back up again. In our group I think that this can sometimes be a problem. There are a few moments when something funny will happen in the scene and one or two people will find it too funny and drop focus. Fixing this will just take a lot of will power, however I think that the gorup won't have this problem when we're on stage in front of an audience performing it.
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