PMD3 Completed audience feedback sheets

Before our performance we gave out our tailored feedback sheets to our target audience members (Age 17+) to fill out after the performance.

A key success was our abilities to be able to convey meaning to an audience. Our performance message was "Death is eminent" and 8/10 understood the message of death being unavoidable. With others interpreting our message as Death being lonely. Which is also a  successful   interpretation  as  particularly during the Tea party scene we wanted to  emphasis the loneliness and isolation of death, turning her to trap a puppet as her friend against her free will.  Another  interpretation was not being ready for death. Whilst this wasn't our overall message during our Pre show we created an insight for the audience into a street life of which was unexpectedly consumed by a pandemic plague being spread across to everyone causing near death. Then later towards the end of the performance, the guests begin to die one by one neither expecting the end was near.

Additionally as a cast we were inspired by the work of Artaud. Particularly his theatre for cruelty of which he aimed to leave the audience uncomfortable by making an impact on them. We aimed for the same affect, to make the audience feel uneasy and therefore constantly engaged. We were successful as many regarded themselves as feeling "scared" "uncomfortable" and "creeped out" 

However a key area of criticism was the timing of movement particularly during the dance scene. Many commented on the lack of understanding of the movement leading to gestures being out of sync and therefore reducing the impact and effect. To solve this Bella, Charlotte and Megan should of had more rehearsal sessions outside of school to work on the Dance scene, as we already spent many school sessions for this scene which rendered most of the group as invaluable so we began to focus on other scenes and leave the trio to rehearse in their own time. I suggest they can use the mirrors in our dance studio to watch their own and others dynamics, direction and movement to help synchronisation. Additionally we had previously used the post show discussion technique whereby we would watch the piece and give feedback on the piece.

Additionally going from practicing in our drama studio to a performance in our Western theatre, creating a larger space. Of which everyone needed to adapt their intonation and projection more on their lines as it was criticized upon that some audience members were unable to hear certain individuals. To solve this one member can stand at the back of the theatre whilst each person recites a portion of their lines at varying volumes. This will allow us to of correctly monitored and found the correct volume of which we needed to reach to ensure every member was heard.