Show day has arrived! Our company were well prepared for Kalopsia, but  coming into the dressing room, there was a daunting task ahead of us. Despite having a rocky start, as our idea had changed drastically from what it was from our very first devising session, the show received great feedback from our audience and tutors. As props manager, it was an extremely busy day of running around and making sure everyone knew where everything was and that it was all in the right place before the show started. In order to help everyone understand where everything was, I set up props tables that would mark out to everyone on stage where everything was supposed to be in the pre-set and where it needed to end up. I had also drawn up a ‘props plot’ so everyone knew when they were moving props or who they were handing them to. At the end of the performance, I ran the ‘get out’ session which involved checking off where all the props were going; either to the props store or if they were going to any other members of the group.

Pictured above (top to bottom): Props Table B, Props Table A, Props Table B List, Props Table A List (Avery, M. 2017).

Our dress run didn’t perhaps go as well as we wanted to as it was a lot more difficult having to perform in the space rather than in the rooms we had been using for rehearsal. Therefore, our projection and character wasn’t as good as we wanted them to be. We also received some feedback off our tutors who gave us a few ideas on how to improve the show before we performed. Off the back of this, we pulled together and performed the show to the best of our ability. Whilst it was extremely difficult to get the show to the point we wanted it at, it was also very rewarding, and I’m very happy with our group and myself for end product we put on the stage.