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Mine and Connor's Absence tomorrow
Hi Directors and Company,
Just to let you all know me and Connor will not be in tomorrow as we are filming for a feature all day tomorrow. This will only take up tomorrow but it's important that we take part in this film as it furthers our experience and recognition, as that is what we aim to do. We apologize if this causes any inconveniences but we will be back and ready to go tuesday!
'The calm before the storm' The Beano Review
By Connor Paganini
Expectations can be a very funny thing, when you’re not expecting much you will usually be pleasantly surprised and when you’re expecting a lot you sometimes get disappointing. I am guilty of having my mind made up before coming to see a piece of theatre so this time around I didn’t prejudge and I kept an open mind. What I saw was the opening night of The Beano and in most parts it was clear that this was the first performance.
I found the first half of the performance to be very entertaining and the actors did a great job of keeping the energy and pace up and didn’t drop the ball. I loved the overwhelming sense of comedy that was in the performance, I’m glad that it wasn’t a very emotional piece. The second half of the show went down hill, there were uncomfortable silences where actors were not on stage when they were meant to be and because certain things hadn’t been rehearsed, this made it very awkward to watch so much so that I felt like running on stage and helping the actors out. Lewis Johnstone and Erol Uzunhasan were the stand out performers throughout, they had brilliant energy and commitment and completely stole the show for me. Josh Lane and Lara Welch also did very well in their roles.
The end scene of the performance was the most powerful scene but it could have been much more hard hitting if it weren’t for the faults in the build up to it. It was a shame that the second act didn’t go as aswell as the first act but I saw a lot of potential and a great show in the making.
Don't be afraid
''Don't be afraid'' is perhaps the most important thing I took away from today's workshop masterclass by Emma Rice. It was great that she had a lot of audience participation in her workshop as it made us feel more involved. Emma came across very friendly and certainly knew her stuff about the field of acting and directing. 60 % of what she said I had heard before but had forgetting about it until she said it. A lot of things she said will definitely help me as an actor, being afraid on stage of making a fool of myself and in rehearsals has always been a big fear of mine but now I've realised it's perfectly okay to look silly because in theatre we are free to express ourselves and no one will judge me. Emma also talked about how important improvisation and playing is and there is no right or wrong thing to do in rehearsals until you get to the tech. I love that way of working and I think it's much better than a director having a set idea straight away of what they want the actor to do. I had a lot of fun watching the masterclass and it has inspired me to go and see more.
