Reviewing my performances
Tuesday: Antigone
On Tuesday, I played Antigone. I thought overall the performance went quite well and I was able to show the range of emotions and reactions that Antigone had. Some of the best points in the play was the sisterly bond between Ismene and Antigone and you could see the path that their relationship was taking throughout the multiple scenes. I think that we used proxemics well to show the progression of the relationship as at the start they were downstage at the very front and were leaning on one another but by the end, when Antigone had convinced herself that pushing Ismene away would be the only way to stop her caring for her and find closure for Ismene, they were on opposite sides of the stage which shows the separation of the two beginning to happen.
I also though that the reactions to the Nurse were very well timed as the chorus could react to me as well as the Nurse. I had to make sure that my reactions weren't very repetitive so I had to find a balance between being annoyed with her and finding the accusations amusing.
A point that I thought could have been worked on was the Creon scene. The girl who played Creon had changed the order of the lines which meant that I had to change my order of my lines. This meant that the flow of the scene wasn't as fluid as before and the build up to Antigone's monologue wasn't as it was before, in rehearsal.
I also though that the reactions to the Nurse were very well timed as the chorus could react to me as well as the Nurse. I had to make sure that my reactions weren't very repetitive so I had to find a balance between being annoyed with her and finding the accusations amusing.
A point that I thought could have been worked on was the Creon scene. The girl who played Creon had changed the order of the lines which meant that I had to change my order of my lines. This meant that the flow of the scene wasn't as fluid as before and the build up to Antigone's monologue wasn't as it was before, in rehearsal.
Wednesday: Eurydice
On Wednesday, I played Eurydice, the queen, who knits throughout the play and is quite an ironic character as she is oblivious to any of the action that is going on and "is of no use to Creon." Whilst knitting I had to pay attention to the lines that were being said as I had to concentrate on not missing my que to walk into the centre and lay amongst everybody else.
Thursday: Chorus Member
I felt that the chorus interactions at the start in the Nurse scene was very useful in setting the atmosphere of the scene as it gave a lighter tone to the scene which would help juxtapose the Creon scene were no chorus members were involved or reacted to either characters in the scene.
I also think that the guards sequence with Antigone went very well as the atmosphere of the scene was very high and the insults that were being said helped keep the atmosphere alive and so it made it interesting for the audience to watch especially as this wasn't what Antigone wasn't what Antigone was expecting.
One point that I thought could have been improved as a chorus was during the long Creon scene I could see some of the other chorus members beginning to drift off instead of paying attention to what was going on and I thought that this was missing a crucial factor.
I also think that the guards sequence with Antigone went very well as the atmosphere of the scene was very high and the insults that were being said helped keep the atmosphere alive and so it made it interesting for the audience to watch especially as this wasn't what Antigone wasn't what Antigone was expecting.
One point that I thought could have been improved as a chorus was during the long Creon scene I could see some of the other chorus members beginning to drift off instead of paying attention to what was going on and I thought that this was missing a crucial factor.
