'The Cinderella Pantomime' At The Gordon Craig Theatre

Last week Saturday we went on a trip to watch 'The Cinderella Pantomime' At The Gordon Craig Theatre, in Stevenage. We watched the show in order to observe the way in which The Actors performed, so that we could creatively interpret some of their ideas into our own performance. It also gave us a greater insight into the atmosphere created in Pantomime.

I had to observe The Chorus. The Dances were well executed, which is something that I must remember to improve on myself. Also, they smiled virtually all the time, and they showed that they were listening to what the main characters had to say. From this, I realise that I need to appear to be an extremely happy character, no matter what my reaction may be (i.e if I have to be horrified, I still need to look like a nice character, who is horrified) and I need to make sure that my focus is on the 'speaking character', which I can show more clearly, by leaning in at times (as The Chorus did at The Gordon Craig) and moving my head slightly to turn towards the person who is speaking.

Here is an image of a promotional poster of 'The Cinderella Pantomime' at The Gordon Craig Theatre.