Mind -
This week was our last week at MIND, so we
adopted the end of term fun day feel, which meant that we played games, did a
quiz and just had fun. The general feeling was that we hadn’t had time to plan
a session properly so it was all happening on the spot, it did feel
unprofessional, but saying this, we always delivered a workshop to the client
and it was always run without a problem, so the more we did it, the easier and
more comfortable it became.
My strengths from this session would be
that in the quiz I helped keeping everybody involved and I was constantly aware
of which clients needed to have that extra support. My greatest weakness today
was that felt a little emotional knowing that this might be the last time I work
with them.
Panto –
So this week was the shows. I was worrying
about these shows for the whole week and finally we had opening night. I am
happy to say that the 11 children I had were brilliant, they did so well, they
remembered their lines, they all worked together as a team, well behaved and
very well coordinated in movements. I am so proud of them!
The first two shows went really well, I
chosen not to have the children do the last scene in the show as there were
only 3 or 2 of them and I didn’t want them to be worrying about it all, the
children only did the walk down on the Saturday for the matinee and the evening
shows as most of them stayed. During the final shows, they became more
comfortable and confident with the audience being there and the whole backstage
support and feel.
My weakness from the shows was that I need
a better understanding of the walk down, as I didn’t know when the children
needed to come off, so the first time I got them off too early and the other
director of the adult cast thought she told me when the children need to come
off, so there was a slight miss communication on both sides.
My strengths were the control I had over
the children, as when I needed them to listen they listened, when I needed them
to be quiet they did. I feel like this was a well-rounded job in a sense of the
performance side and the behaviour side.
