THE PERFORMANCE
If An Orchid Was All You Had Photo Credit: Lincoln Performing Arts Centre
Our debut performance of If An Orchid Was All You Had (2017) went unbelievably well! We were all so pleased with how the piece ran. We chose to have an hours instillation piece before the actual performance started, this was to enable the audience to feel welcomed into our world. From day one, we wanted the audience to be immersed in our theatre, in which the instillation piece allowed us to do.
The Instillation Photo Credit: Lincoln Performing Arts Centre
FINAL HAIR AND MAKE-UP
Make-up Photo Credit: Lincoln Performing Arts Centre
For the final performance I chose to use dark greens and blacks around the eyes, this was to make them pop, while also looking creepy, especially for when we walk on in the awakening.
The colours I chose were to coincide with James’ colours on the set design. With browns, blacks and greens to keep the earthy nature feel. And the bright colours of orange, purple and red to match the fruits and flowers.
The make-up was mask-like to show that we were kind of supernatural like beings, also imagined figures, which after research this is what masks are said to symbolise.
I looked at images of tribal make up, and lines and dots were an occurring theme, also the idea of having a mask like make up also frequently appeared when I was looking at images, so I chose this for the final performance.
I chose to plait everyone’s hair as this to me was practical as it kept everyone’s hair off of their faces, yet it was used to still bring the tribal essence to the piece. The men’s hair is completely plaited, whereas the women’s hair is plaited on the top and wavy on the bottom.
Men’s Hair Photo Credit: Lincoln Performing Arts Centre
Women’s Hair Photo Credit: Lincoln Performing Arts Centre
FEEDBACK
The feedback from our performance was amazing, and we were overwhelmed by the audiences’ comments. “Once the curtain falls on a play, it is over, but it is also unfinished. The action continues in the mind of the audience” (Mudford, 2000, 1).
“Aesthetically stunning” (Anonymous 1, 2017)
“I was on the edge of my seat the whole time, it was amazing” (Anonymous 2, 2017)
“I could not fault it” (Anonymous 3, 2017)
“The costume and make-up looked so good” (Anonymous 4, 2017)
Works Cited
Anonymous 1. (2017) Audience Feedback. [speech] Lincoln Performing Arts Centre, 22 May.
Anonymous 2. (2017) Audience Feedback. [speech] Lincoln Performing Arts Centre, 22 May.
Anonymous 3. (2017) Audience Feedback. [speech] Lincoln Performing Arts Centre, 22 May.
Anonymous 4. (2017) Audience Feedback. [speech] Lincoln Performing Arts Centre, 22 May.
Lincoln School of Fine & Performing Arts (2017) IAOWAYH photos [image]. Available from https://www.flickr.com/photos/61839232@N02/with/34016768033/ [accessed 27 May 2017].
Mudford, P. (2000) Making Theatre From Text to Performance. London: The Athlone Press.