- One of the differences was double roles, i.e. Trinculo and Stephano, which was a very interesting take that went well, the pairings were excellent and humorous.
- It was a very comedic take on the Tempest.
- There was a lull in the first scene which felt like it needed something more.
- The general characterisation was very good, it felt like they knew their characters.
- It made me realise how important projection is, as some of them simply were inaudible. It shows that you can't afford to be delicate.
- Detailed relationships and status battles were missing.
- There is a contrast in strength, there's got stronger throughout, whereas ours gets weaker at the moment.
- For us this means that we mustn't let the audience down.
- They weren't always playing three sides.
- The mother/daughter relationship shows a different side to the character of Prospero compared to our father/daughter one.
- We can all take example from Nina's fantastic energy as Caliban.
- Music was a bit too loud in places and drowned out talking.
Personally I was watching my own character played by someone else, which is always weird but I think it's natural to be drawn to making evaluations and comparisons. I thought Britt and Zach had a very comical and light-hearted performance. There were two of them, so they were able to bounce off each other, and they were a decent pairing. Their existence in the space was excellent. One thing I didn't like was that they seemed to rely on their accents for the humour, and it didn't feel like they knew what they were saying but rather felt that saying the words in the accent was enough, which lost some of the meaning and also made it feel a bit flat in places.
Overall the whole performance was very good, and it made me realise how individual all the productions are. I would label their production the nice and fluffy one. Whereas ours might be labelled the violent or dangerous one.
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