1. Review of Final Performance
On Tuesday the 23nd February, our performance that we had been working on was
performed on this evening at 4:45pm. This was now the second time we were
performing this musical as we had already performed it to a smaller groupyesterday in
the day for our dress rehearsal and to our second audience yesterday evening. Even
though this wasn’t our first performance, as teachers and friends and our Head
teacher were now in the audience. I was very nervous as this was our last performance
and I was very worried I was going to lose my voice half way through the performance
but I got my confidence together and was sure that this performance was going to be a
great success.
As the audience settles down, the lights went up and the musical begun. We started off
our first song which wasn’t too bad except for the fact that I felt we all started
whistling at different times. Sara and I were on the stage on the front so had to make
sure that we had everything up to scratch. I was really pleased with how the opening
song went, however I could tell that a few of the others were a bit nervous and weren’t
all in time. Also, I realised that everyone had improved slightly on their facial
expressions in comparison to our last performances.
As our first scene had begun, I could feel the nerves kicking in. The first scene in my
opinion started of very smoothly and everyone had remembered exactly what to do.
However, when I am on stage but not speaking during the first scene, me and the three
girls who are part of my gang are supposed to not watch the play when frozen. I had
remember to do this and had focused my eyes on somewhere else; although according
to Mrs Saroya, the other three were watching the play which looked unprofessional
Apart from that little point, the first scene went perfectly.
Second scene in which I was still on the stage frozen and I could feel my legs starting
to get tired and my whole body wanted to move as I was frozen in one position for quite
a while, but I kept my freeze frame the whole way through. This scene also went quite
well and one issue that we’ve had for a few of the rehearsals was the fact that George
forgets to remove one of the blocks from the stage, however this time he remembered
to take it. Also, Parnyan had a habit off up her lines and they didn’t make sense in
rehearsals, but she got them exactly correct on the day.
It was now the third scene and I was allowed to come of the stage. One issue that I
encountered straight away was that I had told the girls to leave a gap in between them
and wait for me to step of first. They didn’t leave a gap and didn’t wait for me to come
down so I nearly bumped onto them. Another issue that I came across was that Michael
was told not to come between Sara and I and to stay a few steps away. As I could see

2. him moving forward and was nearly about to block us two off again, I decided to put my
legs out in front to block him off so he couldn’t come any further. I was really pleased
at the fact that I remembered my lines in this scene and at the right time because in
the rehearsals I kept forgetting to say my lines at certain points.
Scene 4 and I was no longer in this scene. At the beginning of the scene me and asthma
were meant to imitate Sara’s snoring as she wasn’t able to snore. We were a bit
distracted behind the set and we nearly forgot to do it. The only issue I found with
this scene was that Sara and Prabhleen could have been a little bit loader when singing,
but it may have just been lack of confidence as it is quite nervous especially singing in
front of everyone.
Once the buzzer noise goes off, we are all meant to quickly move onto the set, but
everyone is always slightly unsure about when they should go one. We all remembered
where to stand and where we needed to move to when we were on the set. I couldn’t
really see what was going on behind me, but I was hoping that everyone was standing
where they should be.
I had to now get changed behind the board for the next scene which was a quite hard
as the board was very small. However for the first time ever; everyone was standing
still behind the board, not moving or talking which made it much easier to understand
what was going on and to move about.
Scene 6 and this was our Flashback scene. This was the scene that always goes quite
well the only problem that me and Michael had issues with was where to stand. I had to
ensure that I was in line with a table that was in the audience and Michael had to
ensure he was in line with one of the chairs. He was a little more forward then where
he should be, but other than that, we were both on point. My lines for this section were
never quite up to scratch and because I have to act very frustrated and agitated, it’s
even harder to remember the lines whilst pacing up and down huffing and puffing; so I
ended up improvising them but as long as Sara knew what I was saying and my lines
weren’t too different from the original, then it all went okay.
Scene 7 and I wasn’t in this scene. This is one of my favourite scenes as it is very funny
as well as sweet with the duet at the end. One main issue that the boys encountered in
rehearsals was the timing of certain movements e.g. when Moorland had to grab the
tray or Chandra, Chandra had to make sure he held it in the right place, and Moorland
had to grab it at the exact time. Michael was a little bit late when needing to grab the
tray which left Hassan waiting with it in his hand. Other than that I really enjoyed this
scene, the singing could have just been a little bit louder at the end.

3. Scene 8 and this scene was one of the most hectic ones. All the characters that were
sitting in a line on the floor had to ensure that a space was left behind each person, and
that they blocked this space when Yasmin came to sit down. Not many of them blocked
the space clear enough. Also, me and Also, me and Yasminehad to get our spacing
between each other exactly correct, otherwise she would turn around too early or too
late. This went better than how I thought. Once the fight started, my only issue is that
I laugh a little bit when I’m trying to fight with the Nicole. The guards had to make
sure that they locked our cells at the same time and they did. When it came to me
singing, as I had never sang in rehearsals as I refused to, I decided to on the day as I
didn’t want to stand there and say nothing so I was extremely nervous.
Scene 9 and all the other inmates had to show that they were annoyed at me. The only
issue is that the other inmates weren’t as intimidating which looked a little silly.
Nicole’s speech was very well done, especially as I know she had a little bit of trouble
remembering the lines during the rehearsals. I found it a little bit difficult to show
emotion by just pausing when I walked off as I didn’t say anything at that point.
The next scene was very emotional and I think was done very well. All the inmates are
meant to make Chandra believe that Ms Sullivan likes him, this was done really well. I
feel that the effect that this scene had on the audience was really well done especially
through the way Chandra acted throughout this scene.
Scene 11 and one main issue that we always encounter is the fact that Rajan always
forgets to pass the stereo back to us after he is finished using it which causes
problems later on in the scene. For the first time ever, he just remembered to pass it
back which made everything run a lot more smoothly. Other than that, this scene went
really well.
Scene 12 and this scene was meant to be a scene that me a Nicole realise what our
actions have been to doing to our relationship. My main issue was remembering all the
lines and giving the audience eye contact. It puts me off when I give people eye
contact, but I did in this scene and it all went fine. I also had to remember to get back
into my previous freeze frame when I sat back down, so I decided to get in a freeze
frame beforehand which was easy to remember. I found our awkward moment at the
end a bit too awkward
Scene 13 and this scene was meant to be all about Nicole and Yasmine, their only issue
was that there singing could have been a little bit more up to scratch as the song was
one of the main bits to the scene.
Our final ending to the performance was a good bye to Nicole and then our final song.
We were all really enthusiastic when doing this song but I think as we were all very

4. excited as this was our last performance and we wanted to enjoy it the most we could,
we slightly forgot a few of our words. At the end of the song, as the lyrics are quite
similar to the beginning part of the song, we ended up singing the beginning at the end,
which messed up our actions and our lyrics, which then got our whole cast a little bit
confused. But I think as we were having so much fun, no one really noticed that we
screwed up a little as we ended the performance the best we could.
Overall I feel this performance was a great experience for me. This performance gave
me a huge boost in my confidence and gave me the change to do something that I don’t
think I would have ever done in my life. We all worked very hard to get this
performance up to scratch and we all worked very well together as a group. I loved
every second of this performance and even though at times it seemed like this
performance was never going to take place, in the end it was a great success.