EVALUATION OF THE FIRST PERFORMANCE

Our first performance went relatively successfully. It really allowed us as a cast to understand that we actually have a very good show that we're proud of. It was definitely a relief that it went well for all of us.

One of the strongest aspects of my performance was the fact that I believe I projected and used my voice successfully. One of my biggest worries about Su-Lin was that most of her dialogue is conversational, she's talking to someone who's right next to her - this has the potential to make it very hard to be heard properly on stage. I really worked on making my voice as loud and as supported as it could possibly be without it becoming too removed from the character and from response from audience members, apparently I could be heard the entire way through.

One of the biggest challenges - possibly the biggest - from the first show, was the fact a glass broke just before Lay Me Low, a scene in which the entire cast is present. This proved a very big issue as their were multiple actors without shoes on and we, as a cast, needed to play out the scene without anyone getting cut and removing as much glass as possible without making it look obvious. I feel like we did this pretty successfully as after the legs were reattached - which happened pretty seamlessly - as I spoke to an audience member after the show who didn't even notice it happened. We managed to work through a potentially hazardous situation in a professional manner and not let it effect our performance.

Lay Me Low went particularly well for the entire cast, we managed to time it perfectly without having to go into the second verse that we don't really know. This was a major relief for us all as not only did a glass smash in the scene before but in the last couple rehearsals we couldn't quite get the timing to work.

One moment that didn't quite work was the exit from the first 2013 dinner scene, we're all supposed to leave at the same time but that didn't quite go to plan during this performance. The 'three breaths' exit is definitely an aspect of the performance we need to work on intensively to get right in the future shows - especially the entrance back on, which I don't think we've ever carried out at the same time. If we don't fix it, the entrances and exits will look extremely messy and most likely throw the rest of the scene off.

We definitely fulfilled our task of entertaining our audience - the response from the audience has been really positive and has really boosted our confidence as a cast.  The majority of things that went wrong during this performances were only things that we, the actors, would recognise as incorrect. The fact that they weren't blatantly obviously allowed us to carry on with the scenes without getting too distracted by different mishaps.

Overall, the first performance was very successful. Despite the mishap with the broken glass and the speak stone being thrown into the floor - the rest of the performance ran extremely smoothly. It was a major. Incidence booster for the entire cast and really gave us the drive to continue on for the next two performances.