We had our last performances of Noises Off on Thursday 28th January. In total there were 4 performances Act 1 followed up by Act 2 and after that we repeated Act 2 and Act 2 just with different cast. So I was playing Belinda in both Act 1. Even though we performed it twice but each time it was different. And I believe this is nor al thing because it it would be the same cast, it looked the same but with different people in it comes different staging and acting. I believe, that all of us could improved on learning the lines quicker, catching cues and just bringing more energy into it. However, we all were nervous as we knew rehearsal time is finished and this is an actual performance on which we are getting graded, also Level 2s and first years were watching us which gave more anxious. That`s why some people forgot their lines or didn`t catch the cue because all attention was on thoughts how not to mess up and not forget the lines. I think if we would play some games before our performance we would be more relaxed as games always helps me to relax and gives me some confident credits.
When we played Act 1 second time Katy had scripts in her hands which means she didn`t know all her lines. However, it did not look bad because this is a play-within-play and that looks that this has to be like that. I believe, we would need more time to rehearse with second cast and everything would be better. I know for myself the more I rehearse the better I feel about my lines, catching cues and movements. It just becomes automatic. For example, the more you hear same words, the more likely you will remember it.
I learnt that playing farce is actually like a game with each other and the audience. As I observed, audience love to laugh from funny, absurd situation, which is even more exaggerated than in real life.
