For this year’s project for term 2 we had to do plays. We were split into multiple groups and whichever group we were in we had to work with them and practise our plays for the rest of the term. I was in a group with Masen, Michael, Maung Maung, Maraea and Kay Soi. Our play was called ‘In Training.’
We practised it for 7 weeks and finally we had to perform. Our group had to go first. We had to wait a bit before we could perform because Mr Wiseman was talking about how people should be a good audience. When we started I was getting confident and we started jogging around the classroom and saying our chant. After our chant we stopped jogging and I had to say that I was puffed out. I thought I did pretty well on that part because I was breathing so hard even though I wasn’t actually tired.
During the play I felt real confident because of that part. After that we had to do star jumps and jog around and I kept acting like I was puffed. Then in one of them I stopped because I forgot but then quickly after I finished the line off. I got a little nervous after that and I started acting less sarcastically. But after that I started to say my lines properly and I quickly gained my confidence back. When we were jogging, I tried to follow the person in front of me and move my feet at the exact same time. When we were close to the end of the play I was so relieved. In my mind I was so happy because acting was really hard because you can’t be yourself.
At the end, after everyone else’s plays, Mr Wiseman asked Ms White who was the best team and then they both said our team. We had to go in front of the class and we got three HI-CHEWS each person and I gave most of mine away. It was fun at the end but at the start I was afraid just incase I mucked up all of my lines. But overall it was great and funny because of Masen’s costume.