Final Performance Evaluation

I think that our final performance in front of the audience was quite amazing and some people found that it was wonderful. However it was not perfect because there were some people who still were laughing during the play but it was not their fault. Even though it was hard for all of us to get into it and not to act like the actual characters in the scripts, but some kind transform into them and imagine the environment around us, we tried to produce the best piece of drama work ever.
Making the scripts “international” was not that hard to do. The fact that it was out of time and in the middle of nowhere was a good idea to use. Also the terms that we have been using at the beginning and the ending of the performance and different facts and laws of the children’s policy were educational and made the performance even more international.
Sound scapes helped us a lot and also the fact that the audience liked it and did not laugh at us pleased me. The problem is that there were some of the sound scape(s) that were pretty disturbing and funny (especially the barking dog) at some point…
Another thing that I liked about it was the group work. While we were writing the scripts we did not use the given time proficiently at all. Basically we finished producing them on the day they were due (there were many mistakes in them which made the dialogues sound stupid [they just did not make any sense]). By fixing them we achieved what we set out to do. But unfortunately we did not use them at all. The whole performance was completely improvised but the good thing is that we did not do any mistakes and made no long pauses at all. I would also like to take into account that while we were rehearsing 3-4 lessons before the final performance, we did not have anything at all. + We did not come after school to rehearse it (I am not sure about the other groups).
I think that everyone’s (including audience’s) facial expressions created tension and it made everyone (including the actors) feel sympathy for the poor, lonely children who are currently living on the streets.
Another thing that made this performance amazing was the previous lessons and different stuff that we worked on. The one that I find most useful one is the monologue because it was the one which taught us to feel free and calm in front of the audience and get into the performance. I also think that the Shelby’s and Margalit’s group found it very useful because most of their part of the performance consisted out of monologue which changed every time Shelby performed it. I think that she improvised it over and over again during the rehearsals and the final performance.
In addition I would like to thank Ms. Tickle for keeping us together, helping us, giving us useful ideas and having fun with us in drama class during this term. Unfortunately this is going to be my last drama course but there is a little chance that I am going to switch to the drama class next year because the Drama class is my second “Arts class” choice.

Evaluation

I think that the final drama’s performance went really well. It was much better than it was few days before our final performance. During our rehearsal lessons most of us were just walking around the classroom or just laughing. But finally it turned out as a very good piece of drama. I was kind of surprised that everybody acted really seriously and nobody laughed. Our audience seemed to be really interested in what we were doing. Our audience seemed to get the message that we were trying to sent to them. I think that our play was international and easy translatable to other countries. I think that the beginning and the end of our play helped to capture audience’s attention. The sound scapes worked really well too. I was really realistic.
I was a bit worried about my groups (the disabled child) performance, because we had some problems with finishing our script. It turned out that our script was too long. We had to cut out the ending of where the babysitter escapes with the disabled child and then leaves her on the street. We just made it shorter and simpler. But I think that we did fine on our final play.
I think that maybe we should use costumes next time. They would make our play more realistic and define character’s personality better. But it was good without the too.
I really enjoyed drama this year. Everybody can express their selves during drama’s lessons. Everybody have the right to express their opinion. Drama makes all people work together to create something amazing. That’s what we’ve done. Those 20 minutes of our performance was something magnificent, something that I enjoyed a lot.

Evaluation

Our performance was really amazing, especially compared to what we were like, even just two lessons before the day. Everyone thought that we would simply do an ok job, but we proved ourselves wrong. It was a really tough assignment, especially the scripting. This was the hardest part of the entire proect for me, because you didn't want the script to be cheesy, and you had to think alot about what you wrote to make it seem even somewhat realistic. At first i sort of doubted that certain scenarios would work in the play, but in the end they turned out to be some of the highlights. My favorite part of making this play, was probably the performance, because i got to see all of our hard work come together in such a satisfying way. When our class first started to construct this piece of drama, we all goofed around alot, and didn't take very seriously. But as we came nearer to the performance, i think we all got it together. I felt like it was a really good experiance for me to play the character that i did, because it really opened my eyes to what alot of people around the world have to live through every day, and it got me thinking alot about i would do if i were in thier shoes, which maybe translated a bit over into my performace. All in all, i think that our class really worked hard to get were we got, and that we put out a very useful, informative, and thought-provoking piece of drama.

margalit's evaluation

WOW

Thats all i really have to say about our play... by luck of some sort and pure genius we pulled it together. During the time we rehearsed we mucked about and goofed off and simply- didn't do anything. I had told my mother that were doing the play but I'll tell her on Tuesday if shes allowed to come... on Tuesday i told her that if she absolutely has too she could but i don't recommend it, so she didn't come. Then when we did fantastically.
As my classmates have said, we did miss out quite a few parts of the play. Still, i think that we sent the messages we tried to send. The audience realized the lacking conditions of street children, and a few different organizations that help such children. I think that we sent out a message that we didn't try to send, how cruel adults can be. 3 of the 5 scenes had nasty adults. the messages along with our sound scape(s) created a very touching and emotional piece of theater.
If we were to do it again (for the p8's) then i could make some suggestions for what me might like to change. firs and for most we should study our lines some more, and maybe even practice once more. secondly i think that particular figures should have particular clothing items to signify this. for example the head chief in the soldier scene could have some sort of army hat, and the step mother could have a fancy scarf. thirdly we could have used some more props such as newspapers, toys, money etc. In my opinion these small details could increase the impact of our performance.
It was so much fun scripting, improvising and acting. i would be thrilled to recreate the play for anyone willing to watch us.

Final Performance

Our final performance in front of an audience was something of luck and pulled together skill and concentration. i think the audience made us perform better and concentrate more on what we were doing because we had to do it this time. i found it easier to perform in front of an audience because the people around me were more concentrated and i concentrated more on the performance that we were doing instead of fooling around.
The messages that we were trying to show about street children, i think we showed the audience well. how their lives are and how sad and miserable it would be to be a street child. the audience in the feedback seemed to get the points that we were showing and they even saw the fact that it was meant to be international and that we could give it to another school and they could also perform it.
Next time we could do it better. if instead of fooling around in class we actually did some work, the finished product would have come out better. we could have also maybe worked on the drug scene as a class and then maybe it would have worked as well. we could have also made more change to our performance to make it all better.
I think that our performance was good and the audience liked it. next time we could do more because there is a lot we could add onto, and maybe act out better. now we know that what we have is good, but we could make it better.

Andra's Evaluation

Our performance turned out to be quite a success. Everyone performed with great enthusiasm and dedication. Our class was focused, concentrated on their lines and their performance. Our play went through smoothly but more importantly, our play captured the audiences and got their attention. The audience was also able to understand what was going on throughout the scenes and they gave positive feedback on our performance.
I was shocked to see that we were able to run through the whole play without anyone laughing or messing up. The reason I say this is because when we were given the chance to practice our parts and scenes, most of the groups including mine, did not use our time efficiently and wisely. We could not concentrate and thoroughly run through our script. Because of this I improvised many of my lines but I still stuck to the structure of my script. I believe if our group would have used our time more efficiently we would have improved our performance and we would have been a lot more prepared.
However our group, the child soldier group, did extremely well in the end with what we had. The script included so much action, energy and drama. There was a lot of chaos in the script, soldiers were attacking villages and kidnapping children to fight as soldiers themselves. We were trying to show the violence, chaos, and misery of our issue through the script. This action really got the audience’s attention during the beginning of the play.
Drama has been an extremely enjoyable lesson for me this term. One reason for this is because I felt that I have improved during drama this year. I feel a lot more confident about acting then I did before. I learnt many new skills and techniques. During our monologues, I learnt how to improvise and this became useful during our play. We were also given the chance of creating our own scripts and play. We were given the freedom of using our imagination and creativity and we were able to show it to our audiences in our play.

On the Thursday before the holidays we performed our play about global issues to the M3B class, parents and teachers. I think that this performace was a very good achievment and was twice as good as any rehearsal we had done. Throughout the play we remained focused and at no point did the class come to a point where they had forgotten their lines or were not able to perform. Everyone put a lot of emotion into their performance and it had a very positive impact on the audience. One thing i think that we could have improved is to have some simple costumes and props. I think that costumes would define certain characters a lot better and make it a lot easier for the audience to understand the background and storyline of the people involved. I think that one of the best sections of our play was the beginning and end of the play. This set the tone for the rest of the play and created a good atmsphere, uniterupted by anyone in the cast or audience. The repitition of the beginning of the play at the end left the audience with that atmosphere. I think that because our play was well focused as well as serious it stopped the audience from laughing at bits which some people might have considered funny. I think the only mistake throughout the whole play was when we confused the languages at the end, but i don't think it was noticeable. I think all-in-all we performed a very smooth piece of theatre which had a positive impact on the audience.