Critics

The run through in the theatre really opened up our piece to allow us to see the full content of our piece and what can be developed and still needs to be worked on. Although this session was just putting the pieces together roughly, for me the session allowed me to see sections of the piece that could be developed further and where things are missing and what we could add to make the piece more challenging to the audience and to open them to the truth of WW1.   

When we began this project we wanted to explore the stories of World War One to commemorate   it 100 years on. We especially wanted to focus on the untold stories of WW1 and that aren’t normally remembered for their efforts. However through this process I think that the final project has become more focused on the solider of the war rather than the people who are not normally celebrated for their contributions such as the women and the work that they did. I think that the majority of our final piece is made up from the story of the soldier’s and I think that we could make our piece more original by incorporating some of the stories of the women and the untold stories that audience wouldn’t normally encounter when talking about WW1. I think that this is also important because there are a lot of companies that are remembering WW1 and I think that we could separate ourselves from them by taking a more intelligent and explorative approach to our piece. I think this is important not only for us as actors to be able to connect to these stories but also for audiences to hear them and to keep them alive.