The performance started off in a dream like state as the pace of the scene was rather slow and relaxed speed whilst Rosie is speaking steadily about how she was wondering around Europe freely exploring everything that she hasn’t even tried yet, the staging was set In a darkened surrounding the main role on stage which would be interacted from other cast In the background as they speak. It’s setup so that It’s all of her memories burdening her whilst they’re spoken freely, however I decided to speak about this as It shows a clear yet fluent flexible movement from them as If they’ve been put into the shadow which Is representing the brain and the motives of how the character Is feeling at the time which they moved onto background lights In different colours, blue to represent a sad memory.
They carried on with the clean transition which is when they started sliding In the tables as well chairs through coordinated pushing which they used to example whenever the timescale changes in showing that an hour or more has passed, this was done to keep the audience entrained as the performance was also compared for actual life events and emotions based around certain problems that occurred.
In the performances scene for when they was inside the garden which the father was using the leaf blower to clean up the garden, they’d be using a consistent level of enthusiasm as well level changes in motivation for when they kept assuming that she met someone which also resembled the motives that children go through for when they’re parents get over protective or even questionable therefore they was able to identify and able to apply that to the performances mood in the casts relationships and background context which lead to continuous falling out’s or moments when the statuses would change throughout the scene for when a certain person accepts the offer as they’d back down allowing the other character to win over the argument for example Rosie with not wanting to explain as of yet for what she went through whilst being cheated on.
I found the performance to be performed very well due to the matter that each of the lines we’re pronounced with a strong level of diction and that every bit of movement during the moments between each person and engagement has reasoning throughout the performance for example the moment when they all interact with Rosie during Narration as they move her around and lift her up for certain lines as it was a continuous on going change of scene’s, she would be allowing them a full level of freedom on controlling where she was being moved to as this shows that each of the actors/casts are even used as a figure.
It was very interesting for when it came to the parts of climax which Is when they would slowly build the scene up to a breaking point of bad news for then It would speed up giving a fast paced yet cross purpose during arguing, this Is so they can get points of argument across as well engaging separate thoughts and problems across which eventually built up causing everyone to split up one by one, as this would cause a greater problem and It was effective towards the audience as it was performed effectively such as the use of emotion which was presented very clearly.
I found it to be very emotional for which I was able to feel an attraction towards what was happening such as break ups and that certain plans ended up adding to a huge problematic issue which was the mother who crashed and passed away in the hospital which brought everyone back into a strong reunion.
We understand that you based the performance around a real life crisis that could or have potentially happened In reality and that It’s representing a family that have put as much dedication into the their next generation which eventually ends up breaking down and that they used certain techniques throughout these moments to emphasize the conflict at the time as well event to make It something much larger.
The use of the lighting as well shading to make It even more dramatic such as the darkening for certain parts for when they gave dialogues about what’s happening or Is going to happen during the moment which gives off a strong level of suspense and this helped with also delivering an affecting emotion to the audience so they’re able to feel bad or even concerned for the characters at the time which effectively worked as It was performed so close to realism that nearly most people could always or usually relate to anything throughout the performance as they split It up to expand on different individual issues that each character had to challenge and the fact that every family usually ends up going separate ways.
The performance was very constructed with a strong sense of structure such as the beginning, middle and the end as they have also evaluated the characters clearly to context therefore they used this to develop what the characters look like as well what kind of setting and theme they’re set around such as the performance being based around our modern generation In showing how strict our society Is as well the type of personalities each character has such as one of the son’s getting themselves into a dangerous job which led them to getting more desperate for money since they had the capability of reaching for It, however It wasn’t a good idea since this is easily tracked and that people In our generation now are usually doing It still such as dealing or stealing certain things that don’t belong to them such as mugging or robbing for their own needs with the selfish personality
I think overall it was very effective since throughout each act had consistent changes for each character emotionally.
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