My first scene in the play was the lift scene. This scene has always been one of my faveriotes as I really think the pace of it helps with the comic timings. I played the part of Passanger Two, who is quite serous as he talks about hurting others, and being violent in general. As this scene as a whole is the first time in the play that Lisa and the audience exspirence the wierd nature of the play, I felt that I couldn't just perform this character as the straight, violent man. So to add a comedic edge, I directed some of my lines to Lisa, this gave her the chance to react and show how awkward she felt.
Where I think I could have improved my performance in this scene is, I feel that I could have added in some different characteristics to Passanger Two, as I think there were some very clear links in my character traits and vocals to some of my other characters in the play, I felt that this may have shown some links in my characters.
My 2nd scene in the play was the Goat scene, this was my faveriote scene in the play to perform and work on as I saw a lot of different sections where the characters levels could change and I could have the chance to show some different side to the character. While in the performance I started to think about my directors note about starting lower, so that you have somewhere to go. One bit that stood out for me in the show was the bit where the Goat defends himself about stealing Lisa's purse. I really felt the tension levels rise, as I got really close to Lisa, and raised my volume. I think that this really showed the nasty side of my character from quite early in the scene. One bit that I also thought that worked well for me in this scene was the section where Lisa is getting ready to blame the Goat for something but the Goat is standing behind her, getting ready to tie her up. I think that I showed two sides to my character in this section, my vocals still showed this wanting, desperate side. As my character was telling Lisa that all he wanted was to be blamed for things. But in contrast to this side of my character my body language seemed very dark and menacing. I think that this showed the audience that something bad was going to happen. I showed this by moving very slowly and moving for side to side behind Lisa, this showed the element of suprise as I was about to jump onto her and tie her up. One bit in this scene that I didn't think went as well as in rehearsals had was the end where the Goat is about to rape Lisa, as I pushed her down to the floor and was about to get on top of her, I am then interupted by Jane coming in. I felt that I did this section to early and didn't give Jane enough time to come in, this meant that I felt that I was just hanging around for a while and I feel that we lost some of the tension in the scene, as there was a small pause.
The next scene in the play that I was in was the Britney scene, out of all of the scenes in the play I feel that this was my weakest one. I felt that this was because of all of the fast paced happening and the improvised comedy, to make it seem that we were all trying to distract Lisa rom finding the hour. I feel that I got caught up in all of the happening and I may have lost some of the characterisation in some of the sections. We were given the note to improvise any bits that we thought of to keep the scenes pace going if we ever felt it drop, It seemed to me that I may have got to caught up in some of the bits and have forgotten my characteristics. If i was able to do this scene again I would have still done some of these improvised scenes but with the mindset of my character still going through my mind.
My last scene of the play was my Vince scene in act two. I think that this scene went really well and that I responded well to the feedback that I got from Tuesday's run and the runs during the day. I really felt that the pauses in the scene and the lower tone of my voice made the scene feel awkward and brought that tension between the couple. One of the reason I felt that this scene was effective was the feeling that I got after it had finished, it was not the same feeling as some of the faster paced scenes where I felt energised, but I felt drained and sad. This is the feeling that we wanted an audience member to feel so they can start to emphasis with Lisa and her surroundings.
I think that I gave a performance where I was able to cover any mistakes that my have happened, for example in the Britney scene where the pace started to drop I picked it back up, by making my self a distraction towards Lisa even if I didn't have line. Not did this just pick the pace back up, but it showed the audience once again the characters motives in this scene.
I think as a whole I was trying to communicate the way that mental illness effects everyone differently through the use of my characters, and showing the contrast between them all really helped to show that it can effect everyone differently and there all lots of different people are involved. As a cast as a whole I think we all portrayed the importance of awareness of mental illness and how it does effect people, showing the themes and some of the more negative topics, like the abuse in a sensitive way.
I think that I was able to show everything that I planned for my characters during the show, showing all of the different traits of my characters and how they are towards Lisa. I showed how Passenger Two is aggressive and shows a very negative light towards Lisa, how the Goat shows I very contrasting and wise character through his use of trickery, to get Lisa to do something for him, then he turns it on her. And then I was able to show the massive contrast in Vince in the second act, where he is very calm and not a forward to Lisa.
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