script notes

scene two 

From the beggining of scene two the entire ' nation' will be laied on the floor dead and unmoving, i am one of these people. when 'father' (brinley) says 'here come the nation' we all come to life, contorting our bodys like zombies. we place our hands on each others faces, when mau (clay) says show me who you are and rips one mask of there is a chain effect and we all scream and die. most of the cast move off stage within the next scene however, myself and sailors stay on for the transiton into the next scene,

 scene three

 I wake up screaming, i can smell the smell of dead people and become confused. i go an d find the oil lamp which will be plugged in, my objectives are to look and to find. i find captin roberts, milton enters and i am now addressing him , i get the telescope after hearing miton speak in a strange language. lookin g toward the stage area i see mau and grab the umbrella (gun) and begine to approach slowly.

Scene four
walking slowly towards the stage with milton following, obserbing mau.
Script notes:

Dress Rehearsal

 Because we had rented out the space(Stanley halls)we only
got to do a dress and tech run on the day. this was a stressful experience as we had to become accustomed to the space very quickly. with stanley halls being such a large space this also Increased the difficulty on the dress rehearsals.

vocal evaluation

We need to bring everything we have to the rehearsal.  We need to have courage in order to succeed or you won’t get anywhere in acting. The entire cast has the capability to be distinction grade students but not all of us are putting enough effort in. the rehearsals shouldn’t end at the end of the lesson and the play should be on our minds at all times. 

As an ensemble our commitment is fully needed otherwise it won’t pull together. If one person is not working to the best of their ability the rest of the cast will be effected as the audience will be drawn to the person brining the whole performance down which is why it is important we give 100% all the time.

evaluation of the performance day

At the start of our rehearsals we all did research into Polynesian culture and victorian culture, from this we began to devise the play. this tok uch longer than we had first anticipated as people were not learning lines fast enough and 

We only got to perform in the space on the day of the performance which caused several difficultys as we were unsure of exactly how the space was layed out, this made the morning of the rehearsal very difficulty and we had to focus to do the first run through. the space had several differences to how we thought the space was laied out, for example there was not right stage stairs to the lower level, there was also not a door underneath the balcony, but curtains, the top balcony didnt have much space and was a health and safety hazard because the bar was quite low meaning we had to be cautious when up there.

he first run through took us 7 hours and was very unsuccessful, it was a push to make the cast realize how hard we needed to work to make the performance come together. some of the cast didn't know there cues or lines which was a serious issues that we had to deal with, after doing the first run through we had improved alot and the second run we done went much better, by this point we all knew what we were doing and was ready to perform. 

The final performance went quite well, nobody nociably missed there cues or forgot lines and we performed confidently and convincingly. altought he plot of the play was confusing we performed it to the best of our capability and i thought overall the plot was understandable and entertaining.

First Reactions

the play we have chosen for our FMP is a complex play that i think we will be able to pull off, there will be lots of ensemble work which is important due to the large cast. the main characters should be split so that so mor people can get equal parts, the play is going to be very physical and ths will be important in portraying the story. i look forward to devising and performing this play.

scene 10 song

In South Australia I was born, heave away, haul away
In South Australia, 'round Cape Horn, were bound for South Australia

Haul away your rolling king, heave away, haul away
Haul away, youll hear me sing, were bound for South Australia