Audition Notes September 28th 2008 et sequens |
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Current members could work together, but no more than two in a group and equivalent to two minutes per person with something new, different, risky!? but well prepared and presented to indicate your respect for and commitment to the company. Potential
new members had to prepare (i.e. learn and rehearse) an individual piece
of two minutes in length. Issues from previous sessions |
| no. | name | piece | comments |
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| 1 | Charlee R | MND-Shakespeare -Helena | Did it well despite insecurity of words.
tried to retain some character rather than just a reading. Make eye contact
with the audience to ensure they are with you, otherwise they may all
go home without you noticing. |
| 2 | Chelsea E | Alice in Wonderland | Confident and clear, a little rushed, but not phased by doing
the third version of the same piece. |
| 3 | Jack R | Friendship Poem | Good, Point came over clearly, you made the words count,
although there could have been some physical gestures. |
| 4 | Eliza Mc | Mia-littlest in all things | Good, full of the expression and affectation of the character,
using the face well and projecting clearly. |
| 5 | Freddie I | War of the Worlds-Wells/Wayne opening extracts |
This was a long learn, very well done, but a bit hurried.
Yes, it is designed to have an underscore of dramatic music, but some careful
pauses and a sense of telling a story, it was a book originally, would
have drawn us into this frightening tale. |
| 6 | Daniel Mc | Tropical Fish | Nice rich voice that is worth cultivating, good clear and
up-front delivery of the piece,(pity about my rubbish joke that followed!) |
| 7 | Mollie L | Big Feet | Well handled and whilst funny, you didn't try to milk it.
Some of the words got lost and it was a bit rushed but good start. |
| 8 | Tiger CT | Lotte Project | Good piece and clearly delivered. Good expression, though
you could have allowed a little more time for some of the ideas to sink
in. |
| 9 | Carmen D | MND-Shakespeare Helena | Nice portrayal of what is a confused upset teenage girl,
moping and lovesick, (who could that be, I wonder?) Movement a bit uncontrolled,
although the awkwardness fitted the role. Vocally clear and sense of the
words coming over though some rushed over possibly suggesting you did not
know what they meant. |
| 10 | Indigo E | Alice in Wonderland | Used pause and silence well. We all wondered what had happened
to her. Clear vocally and created the hole... and the approaching bottom
very well. |
| 11 | Chloe L | Monologue on Horses | Very clear delivery well prepared and carefully delivered.
Think about what you want your audience to understand from what you are
saying, it's all important, but what needs the most emphasis? |
| 12 | Frances L | Grandma's House | Very good expression, and clarity of the words and sense.
Facial expression also very good - we really understood how the character
felt about going to Grandma's |
| 13 | Jonathan F | The Crucible-Miller | Good presence for a key speech in the play, the establishment
of some sort of reason for what they want to do to others. Clearly delivered
with a sense of the moment in the address. |
| 14 | Destini H | Still I Rise-Angelou | Poetic gesture to go with this powerful piece, Caught the
message well and delivered with sense and purpose. |
| 15 | Thomas C | Weird Sisters-Pratchett | Pratchett's full of levels of meaning |
| 16 | Abbie B | Brief History of Helen of Troy- Schultz | Excellent accent, carefully paced and thoughtfully
blocked, judicious cutting well done-know your audience!- a more confident
and less self conscious performance than when we last saw you |
| 17 | Stephen P | Anorak of Fire-Dinsdale | Good choice, but hard to do, as it relies
on the very deadpan ironic delivery and of course the props. But it was
well-prepared and indicated a sense of humour which is always useful in
relating to an audience |
| 18 | Isabella N | Alice in Wonderland | Once got going this worked well, a little bit of fidgeting
with scarf, but on the whole clear and well-paced |
| 19 | Lara Q | A Fairy Tale | Interesting start to capture the attention |
| 20 | Katie S | Lucky/Cool -Morpurgo | Well-prepared thoughtful and used the audience
well. |
| 21 | Misty I | Love is a Place | Well-prepared and delivered, confident without
going over the top. |
| 22 | James W | Julius Caesar-Shakespeare - Mark Antony | Good choice Good rounded voice, being used
well. Point 1 above refers. You knew the text and the context, we needed
more of the sense of moment, some pause for effect, some gesture for emphasis.
He has to turn the mob into a crowd baying for Brutus' head. |
| 23 | Amy T | Lady Macbeth | Scary-very scary once you got into it- and
it should be. She's a very scary lady. Again a little rushed, this is her
power behind the throne, "spine up you weed" speech and you could enjoy
the words more. Well done |
| 24 | Tolu F | Caroline Duffy poem | Good delivery, there's more in that voice
that has yet to come out, and a good sense of what the poem was about,
Good. |
| 25 | Jake Mc | This is a Test | It was a test, twice, and better second time
through. Strong vocally and good sense of expression. A rather Jake-like
finger-wagging caricature of the old lady singing teacher, Need to work
on that eye focus although you had thought about it, it still seemed like
you were talking to anyone other than us. |
| 26 | Misty D | Kindertransport-Samuels |
Good piece and well done
for finding a strong text to work from but need now to think about expression,
just because a piece is about desperate things, does not mean it has
to have a flat delivery. Despite what we know they were leaving behind,
they were actually being saved, so there needs to be some sense of looking
forward as well as looking back. |
| 33 | Chelsi T | Noughts and Crosses with 34 | Good entrance, strong opening, maintained
throughout. Good work, now find more and build upon what you can do. |
| 34 | Annie O | Noughts and Crosses with 33 | Good well-rehearsed intro to this piece using
the two of you to draw the audience into it. Confident, clear and carefully
paced delivery |
| 35 | Lucy C | Secret Garden-Burnett | Captured us and told the story, well done.
even though it is well known it still can transport an audience into their
own secret garden of the mind. Clearly delivered and presented |
| 36 | Holly C | House on the Strand-Du Maurier | What a surprise you gave us-well done! Confident, clear,
learnt with expression, took command of the space and told the story. A
bit of wandering but |
| 37 | Amy S | DNA-Dennis Kelly |
Masterclass in performance: Balance,
variety, pace, focus, timing like the jam line. well done |
| 38 | Chris G | Shawshank Redemption - Parole speech | Casual and confident, the character, not you,
although this was a very accomplished capture of an interesting speech |
| 39 | Daniel A | Firing in the Night- Atherton | Nice to see an instrument played accompanying yourself with
your own material. A
sentence to put the song in context might have helped, or are you thinking
of releasing it as a single from the show? |
| 40 | Terri-Ann B | My Mother Said I Never Should- Keatley with 43 |
More positive than anything else you
have done. good strong beginning. Could have done with seeing/hearing
more |
| 41 | Fred S | I had a duck-billed Platypus | Uncharacteristically hesitant about this and then faltered
a little at the end, but middle was good. rushed again to get it out instead
of relishing the words and images created. It's odd, meant to be odd about
an odd creature, make it odd, be odd! |
| 42 | Hannah L | Fairy-tale Princess | Well handled change from the traditional lines. The comedy
lines were delivered well with a good pointed last line. Think about using
yourself more exploiting your height and physicality in putting over the
ideas. |
| 43 | Bianca T | My Mother Said I Never Should- Keatley with 40 |
Get rid of all that pretence and fuss
at the start, it becomes irritating to others who can't grasp the roles
as you are obviously able to. Piece spoke for itself. Very well paced,
captured the rather selfish attitude of this character, well delivered,
thoughtfully-paced |
| 44 | Claudia C | Jane Eyre |
Stuck in the room and not happy. Good. Might have been useful
to try and delineate the size of the room as it appeared to get bigger
as you started Up right then moved into centre, good, but it began to make
this small room almost limitless. Clear voice and delivered well. |
| 45 | Helen W | From George-Don't Do That- Joyce Grenfell |
Classic piece, but not the most well-known. Got some of the
'patience' expressed by the nursery teacher and also had thought about
levels and space. A little bit rushed, but kept our interest in all the
characters |
| 46 | Edward B | Cell Block Tango (46,52,53,55,59,60) | Exceeded the stated dose, but well worth
it. Very well rehearsed, polished and presented piece, with commitment
and panache. most enjoyable to see people stretching themselves. |
| 47 | Simon C | Speech from V for Vendetta |
good piece and handled the aliteration
well, although rushed it out far too quickly without enjoying the sense
of the words. Some sense of the theatricality of the character, but again
lots of room for more. More concentration to avoid being distracted and
not doing work of which you are capable. |
| 48 | Hannah B | Out here on my own-from Fame |
Well tuned and a sense
of the character. resonant on "Baby be strong for me" good |
| 49 | Martha ML | Ideal Husband-Wilde |
Clearly delivered with good expression,
some rushing and was the chair a good idea? Would one of Wilde's young
ladies have sat with her legs crossed? |
| 50 | Marcus C | Hamlet-Shakespeare | soliloquy played against expectation
with a carefully considered piece, a touch rushed in places, but getting
on top of the language and sense of the piece. |
| 51 | Becky B | Invisible Friends-Ayckbourn |
well rehearsed and prepared, good use
of the aside and had thought about space and levels in the delivery. |
| 52 | Roxanne K | Cell Block Tango (46,52,53,55,59,60) | Exceeded the stated dose, but well worth it. Very well
rehearsed, polished and presented piece, with commitment and panache.
most enjoyable to see people stretching themselves.
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| 53 | Chloe C | Cell Block Tango (46,52,53,55,59,60) | Exceeded the stated dose, but well worth
it. Very well rehearsed, polished and presented piece, with commitment
and panache. most enjoyable to see people stretching themselves. |
| 54 | Natalia D | Joseph prologue |
unaccompanied and good tuning only a
couple of flat notes and got rather breathy in the middle, but not shying
away from the high notes. |
| 55 | Liam W | Cell Block Tango (46,52,53,55,59,60) | Exceeded the stated dose, but well worth it. Very well
rehearsed, polished and presented piece, with commitment and panache.
most enjoyable to see people stretching themselves.
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| 57 | Nakeem D | ||
| 58 | Meshach D | ||
| 59 | Maddy B | Cell Block Tango (46,52,53,55,59,60) | Exceeded the stated dose, but well worth it. Very well
rehearsed, polished and presented piece, with commitment and panache.
most enjoyable to see people stretching themselves.
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| 60 | Zach BM | Cell Block Tango (46,52,53,55,59,60) | Exceeded the stated dose, but well worth it. Very well
rehearsed, polished and presented piece, with commitment and panache.
most enjoyable to see people stretching themselves.
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| 61 | Alex B | No Good Deed from Wicked |
What a way to make a point..... and also
show everyone what you are made of. Excellent performance of a difficult
song with tempo changes, dialogue over , emotional shifts and climax.
A powerful rendition, - what next? |
| 62 | Jamie Mc | Up 'n' Under -Godber | A little bit of hesitation, but clearly
delivered once in the flow. Keep voice and head up, nice shifts in tone.
Making the commitment to doing a repertoire piece-well done |
| 63 | Danielle H | Alice in Wonderland | Too much fuss at start - just do it. Learnt
but too apologetic, you need to have more confidence about what you have
prepared and use your presence to deliver it. You have a strong voice-use
it, stop trying to hide it. |
| 64 | Lottie B | Wouldn't it Be Lovely - Oliver | Strong vocally well done! good character and phrasing of
the song, you showed something different and worked a cappella well done.
some wandering at times that drew away from the character and rendition. |
| 65 | Lily C | It's a fine life-Oliver | Confident, good eye-contact and expression You had clearly
thought through the business to go along with the song. You knew what you
were talking about, well done |
| 66 | Jamie RT | Hamlet - Shakespeare | Very well-paced, thoughtful soliloquy getting around the language and making good sense - "of great pith and moment" |
| 67 | Nicole S | Tich Miller-Cope | Discussed all the faffing beforehand. Just do it! Significant
shift into performance mode was good and once going delivered well, lost
some of the 'moment' of the last line, but a good choice. Watch fidgeting
and fiddling of hands, and end, don't shrug as if you are apologising for
your work. It was good |
| 68 | Wolf B |