Show Day: Thursday 12th, Matinee

No two shows are the same as shown by the three performances on Wednesday but Thursday 12^th really drove into me that point. Our Thursday matinee was to year 7s from Fearnhill and students between year 7 and 10 from a learning skills centre in Stevenage. The Fearnhill students were reactive but slightly more reserved that the Learning Skills students, who took us all by surprise. They were not afraid to react to us and were confident enough to shout comments during the performance.  It got to a point in the performance when the children became almost rowdy and comments became quite inappropriate. As with any professional show we performed with the same enthusiasm and energy as any show despite the slight distraction of their comments. The reactions of the Learning Skills students was quite beneficial for Jodie as she was able to play up her role as the villain much more than she did with the younger children as they were more than happy to boo and hiss whenever she entered.

Thursday morning Anya was sent home not feeling well and this meant that we had to alter the dances slightly to accommodate for the fact that Anya would be missing for these two shows. Changes had to be made in the positioning of dances to fill in any odd gaps that were created by Anya’s absence. It was a shame that Anya was unable to perform but our ability to deal with the situation efficiently meant that we could retain our professionalism for the audiences on both Thursday performances.