Working in The new theatre

The performance space is large and can seat up to 260 audience members. To stand as a performer in the space as a performer it made me feel like I have to largen all of my actions and voices. In order to make my performing skills work in such a large space I must turn my head at a opposite angle to my chest and keep diagonal most of the time as the performance space would be directly ahead and to my left and right so the audience get the maximum benifit. My actors instinct was to make my voice loud too. We did activities such as breathing to fill the space along with sounds such as 'sh, zz, and ss' and speak chants which reach out to the entire audience. Through my instinct i knew that along with the correct body language and vocal use i had to make this realistic without it being crackly or quiet and to instead act assured, sustained and comfortably. The idea of a torch beaming out of our chests and face keeps us to understand where our bodies need to be positioned to keep our audience aware at all times. A performer that captures their audience into the 'alert and aware state' has the audiences attention in the palm of their hands and to do this involves correct body language, spacing as appose to other actors within the space and vocal use.