The Cherry Orchard Performance Evaluation
BasicsA positive is that I think I said most of my lines correctly and projected well to the audience and was clear. This hopefully allowed the audience to hear my lines and understand the meaning behind the words; the subtext.
Entrances and exits I feel went smoothly for me. I was on time to complete my actions and to deliver my lines. In the part where I walk on however;
'My god Varya'
I feel there was too long of a pause and the energy and pace of that section may have been lost which I fear may have caused the audience to wonder why I just randomly walked across the stage and not understand the awkward tension between Alexander and Varya. This also shows how my timing could have been improved. But my timing with my lines I think went well. I tried to keep my lines flowing and keep the energy up and not leave any unnecessary pauses. This made allowed the play to flow and allowed the audience to understand the atmosphere that any pauses should create and the increase or decrease in pace shows how the different characters talk and react to each other which intern shows realism.
Stylistically
As a team, our play was; I feel, a naturalistic performance because the everyone used the techniques they have learned to create their own natural realistic characters and then used the 'basics' above to deliver their character on stage and to tell a story. I feel it could have been improved by more people using the three natural gestures such as 'scratching your nose' for example. These idiosyncrasies look great on stage but I feel that if everyone naturally targeted their idiosyncrasies and them delivered them realistically, the plays atmosphere would have been lifted to a new realm of naturalism.
Our play was performed successfully as Chekhov intended it to be; as a comedy and not a tragedy. I know this because in parts such as Yasha's line;
'fucking idiot'
...the audience laughed. This is the reaction that was not forced by un naturalistic comedy. It was realistically brought up and acted by Rhys in the play and along with other examples like Simeon being clumsy or Charlotta's line;
'I give you my cheek you'll want my breast. I'll give you my breast and you'll want my badger'
...and was therefore a very successful part of the play and shows how the aims of achieving naturalism was achieved in the outcome.
Actor Skills
I think my characterisation was positively grand. I feel that by using the techniques learnt and practised in rehearsals like the three idiosyncrasies and using Stanislavski's 'System', in the final performance lead to me having a well developed character and one that moves, speaks and self believes in the plot and the setting which in tur meant I achieved the objective of naturalism and realism in play. The weakest part for me, where I feel I may nave lost my characterisation was when I had to read the script. by reading from the script as a 'stand in', meant I had to leave some realism behind for scene two. I had to hold the script with one hand so I lost my idiosyncrasies with that hand and I had to look down at the script which breaks the fourth wall because the script is not a prop; it is something from outside the play, which the audience can see.
Ensemble
I feel some people worked really well together in the performance. For example, me and Chloe Smith made this un planned eye contact whilst on stage and I had feedback from the audience that it showed which meant me and Chloe successfully played our relationship objective. It could have been improved by increasing the energy of people walking around stage and maybe it could have been made more dynamic and the movements could have been planned better to avoid crowding which would make the play more controlled and professional.
Conclusion
To conclude, I think the group achieved the aim of performing Chekhov as a comedy, in a naturalistic, realistic way using the fourth wall and using the techniques learned in class like Stanislavskis 'System'. If this could be improved, then the pace and energy of the play could be lift, maybe by some people increasing their projection and people having the confidence to use what they have learned on stage.
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