Peter Pan

Over the weekend I had the privilege of seeing the play "Peter Pan" preformed by the students in the play at Cheshire Academy. It was very cool how with all of the new concepts I have been taught through acting class, to see how they are applied to a live performance, and it was also quite fun for me to be able to recognize them and sort of say to myself, "look! They're fanning out so the audience can see them better!" I may have also whispered that to my friend who was sitting next to me a few times as well. Some instances in which I noticed these things were when the lost boys were talking, they would fan out as opposed to the normal circle formation the average group of people would talk in. With speaking, everyone remembered their lines and cues amazingly and everyone projected so that you could hear every single word they said. I thought it was absolutely hilarious how there were teachers brought in and that played some of the Pirates. My favorite part of the play was definitely the attitude Amalia's character (I think it was John) had, and how even though some of the ideas he presented were completely insane and I would've busted into laughter with, however she kept her cool and did an amazing job! The audience interaction part was absolutely perfect- when Peter asked them to clap it started out slow and he begged and it got louder. I am still completely oblivious to wether that was improvised or scripted, but it was fantastic to see an audience react with so much energy. The staging of the play was very obvious, however I think it gave an insight into the reality of the play- how this was not actually a magical adventure where things appear out of thin air, but more so a figment of their imagination. Overall, I think this play was fantastic! I would definitely go to see it again, and am looking forward to seeing the play this winter season.