Interview Review

WHY?!?!?!? Why? Why? (delilah...)

I didn't mention the coat! Despite a golden question, I couldn't just give a simple answer, no! Instead I thought, "Yes Holly, gabble on about random things, ah yes, I've only ever played male parts, ah yes, I tried to walk in a kingly manner..." but no, don't talk simply talk about using your costume, that would be stupid. To elaborate, in the mystery question, I was given, "how did you convince the audience that you were a man?" (or something along those lines) as I hadn't addressed this in my development of my character - I guess it just hadn't occurred to me because, as I've just mentioned, I've mainly played male roles throughout my lifetime, even at primary. The obvious, and far more concise response than the gabbled one I gave, is to talk about how I had a massive suit jacket thing, which to make look convincing and as though I wore it every day, I took home and practiced walking and talking in, and different positions which could show different emotions etc. and from comments afterwards, apparently I pulled this off pretty well, and it helped not only the audience, but I think myself to feel more powerful/ kingly, as before when I was first given the coat I felt a little young and girlish because it just didn't feel right on me. Funny the effect a costume has...

(note: not a double chin but a line of mud!)
- Photo credits: dad

I also made sure I had a baggy shirt which I tucked into my trousers so the chest looked flatter, and wore baggy trousers to make sure it looked more masculine. I already had the short hair, so ahead in that department.

And WHY did my mind go blank in the metatheatre question - I was going to say how using metatheatre blurred the lines, challenging the idea of reality and how that effectively got the audience more involved.

I also missed out a lot in my evaluation of my performance:

• On the Wednesday night, my Granddad came to watch (who used to be a professional actor so no pressure) and he said at moments in which I was being 'soft' I went too quiet and should work on projecting whilst keeping the tone voice 'soft' through employing the diaphragm more.
• On the Thursday night, I messed up a couple of lines, I think I fell into the second night rut and was over confident
• I said "dies" instead of "fall"
• I missed the first half of a section of speech out before I throw Antigone on the ground making the build up from pleading to anger too short and therefore seeming contrived
• Strangle was a bit odd
• Also didn't manage to pull the machete out of the scabbard in time, it got stuck, had to violently tug it three times (almost pulling Melody over) before it got free of the scabbard, and I was able to catch up with Harriet.

Anyway, think it went quite well otherwise, apart from the general gabbling which is characteristic of my normal panicked, nervous interview mode...

              ... I hate interviews...

                                                        ....So much!