On the 20th December 2013 we, the Anarchy Arts performance company, performed our production of Sarah Kane's 'Psychosis 4.48'. Overall I think the show was a success; there wasn't any mistakes and for our first production as a full company, I think it ran smoothly and we all worked well together.
Prior to the show, I was worried because Liam McMorrow had been in Belgium for a week and so had missed a week of rehearsals, he is in the majority of scenes and alone, leads the Pina Bausch choreography. However when he came back, on the day of the show, he, and everyone else, was focused on rehearsing on scenes that needed it most and more so as an ensemble and so the show went fine.
I really enjoyed the scene after the Pina choreography were my character was tied to a bungee cord and ran the audience screaming for help; this scene wasn't rehearsed too much and so had a rawness to it which made it more exciting for me as an actor, I never became bored of doing it. Furthermore, it allowed me to explore a completely different side of my character described in his profile by 'increasing signs of schizophrenia'. Although when we performed, when being pulled back, I think I stepped on one of the audience members foot but had to go on with the show and so apologised after the show.
I also liked that we decided to sit the audience within the set; it was abstract, which reflects the style of our show, and really brought the audience into the show.
If we were to repeat the show's process again I would have like to have been able to rehearse the tooth brushing scene, it was decided we would perform it just hours before the show however I believe it went well and from hearing feedback from the audience, it was effective and the toothpaste ran down our face and stayed there throughout the show.
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