By this point I feel that we're now starting to settle in to the show quite well. It has flow and pace, and I personally am very happy with how it is running. That's not to say that the show is perfect, but one of the most rewarding things about it is that we, the cast, are constantly questioning our own decisions within the performance and aren't afraid to change anything that isn't working.
In terms of the actual performances they were quite interesting in terms of audience. In the morning it was, as has been the norm, mainly school groups. It's really nerve wracking facing a room full of 14 and 15 year olds, moreso than any other age demographic. As the audience enter you can't gauge how they feel about being there, and they are often standoffish or very shy. Also if they don't want to be there and decide that it's boring from before they arrive it's very difficult to engage them, bearing in mind that many of them won't have actively chosen to be there in the first place. That said, the disruption from the boys in the balcony wasn't unmanageable, and many of them were very appreciative towards us.
The evening was a very different experience. The majority of the audience were a class of adults who had chosen to go back into education and take their GCSEs. Whilst they were not quite as noticeably audibly responsive as the school groups, the talkout at the end showed us that they really had been paying attention and had taken a lot of useful information from the show, so overall I would say that it was a successful day!
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