The Show Must Go On!!

Today was the day we had all been dreading! 
Practical Assessment day! 


The class were to do a production of CUBA by Liz Lochhead today in front of an audience and an examiner. Emotions were high to say the least. we had 2 dress rehearsals in the morning which weren't great but they always say a bad rehearsal leads to a good performance. 


By 1.15 the audience had started arriving but there was no sign of the examiner! Before we knew it, it was 2.00 and still no examiner the audience was getting impatient and restless and we all grew more nervous. Unfortunately the audience was made up of parents who had children to go and see too. The examiner arrived eventually at 2.40 which then led to angry parents arguing and storming out leaving us with no audience. Just the examiner, our lecturer and a couple of students who were helping with prompting. But we just had to get on with it! 


After more drama the show was a go. All in all the performance went well. A few mistakes were made but they weren't obvious and a few lines forgotten but after everything that had just happened it was understandable. 


What have I learned from this?


I have learned that things don't always go to plan but you just have to work through it! People say things in the heat of the moment but don't always mean it to be personal! And most of all don't get your self down by what happens off stage just do your best after all The Show Must Go On!