Changes in the performance that affected me
There were two changes in the Pantomime for me. One being,
that I had to now come in from the top of the stairs and through the audience
in the cave scene. This was tricky for me as I had to ad lib coming down the
stairs and one of my weakest points was to ad lib. I used what I had researched
and made some lines up myself that linked to what my character was talking
about. For example, “Do you know where the cave is?” and responding to their heckles
with different cheeky remarks.
I feel this helped me on stage as well as I had more connection
with the audience. It made breaking the 4th wall easier for me because
I had to build the confidence to actually speak to them.
The next change during rehearsals was that my character Abanaza,
could be carrying a real dog dressed as a spider in a few of my scenes. This was
however, not set in stone to be performed on the night. The difficulties I faced
were that the dog was quite heavy and it made me soften my character because the
dog was cute so I kept losing my characterisation. I could have overcome this
with practise though. On a positive note this gave me experience of work with
animals live on stage.
*image on the right taken from another pantomime to illustrate dogs being used on stage.
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