Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves shows the different lifestyles between rich and poor, and when someone gets greedy karma will swiftly follow. I enjoyed this story but personally I felt it was a bit messy, however we did spend the most time on this story. I feel now that when we did rehearse this story we could have focused more and been more motivated. I felt the captain (Charlie) played his character excellently, and a few of the forty thieves had very good physicality; on the other hand I felt I could have given more to my character as a thief. I did feel a bit silly at times and exposed but I have learnt that for a great performance you have to let go and give your character the best shot. I loved working as an ensemble, the atmosphere it gave us was amazing, our sticks banged on the floor at the same time, which sounded great and also when we made a 'HUH' sound it sounded strong and probably got the audience more interested in the story. I also felt Baba Mustapha (Leona) played her character well, she involved an accent which complimented the character.
To improve on our characters as the forty thieves, we could have made our gestures much bigger for example we could of scratched our faces and given an evil stare towards the audience; and also involve large facial expressions.
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