BLYTHE SPIRIT

Blythe spirit—the concentrations exercise. This was the most non-favorable performance of all. I didn’t really enjoy performing this task.

The script was given on the first day of the class. So, once I know that we need to practice on this task, I was looking for it quite few times then only I found the script. I was doing this performance with Mastura and Hidayah. We then discussed on the roles. Hidayah said she wanted a different role where she insisted to be a man, Charles. I wanted to be Elvira since the lines were short and simple so I didn’t have to memorize too much on the script. However, as we were discussing, it rang a bell that Pn. Ju said that Elvira is a seducer and she needs to have those pertinent characteristics and attitude. Later, it made me think twice and I refuse to be Elvira since I hate to wear costumes that depict a seducer (well, I think at this time, I still have that thick ego boundary as I am so overtly conscious of myself). As a result, I have to endure to memorize the long lines of Ruth.

The performance day was quite disappointing since there were a lot of inappropriate improvisation done accidentally due to the “loss” of lines. I made up a lot of new lines which was not really suit with the real scripts due to help my friends who totally forgotten her lines. That made me so nervous and I started whispering to my other friend to go here and there, skipped to another parts of the conversations and started move away too far from the script and I would admit that it wasn’t effective at all. I even do stupid things, searching something from the bag while acting and I actually don’t know what I was searching for. Pn. Ju was quite disappointed with our “disastrous” performance and said that there are a lot to be improved and we need a lot of amendments in terms of the acting.