BLACK GROUP - MACBETH: OFFICIAL PERFORMANCE - EVALUATION - 21 Mar 19

BLACK

CAST

Ben Mills - Macbeth
Tia Scarlett - Lady Macbeth
Sebastian Weislo - Ross/Angus/Lennox
Troy Wilson - Macduff
Pedro Small - Duncan/Caithness
Danielle Bonsu - Witch 1/Porter/Lady Macduff/Murderer 1
Diamontea Burton - Witch 2/Servant/Doctor/Murderer 2/Donalbain
Rosely Litityo - Witch 3/Murderer 3/Attendant
Philemon Ameyaw - Banquo
Teigan Kalekezi - Malcolm
Harry Kelly - Captain

They performed this piece in Westminster Kingsway College in the theatre at 2pm on 21st March. There are hundreds of students who are fans of Shakespeare.

They have praised Mills', Bonsu's, Wilson's, Burton's and Litityo's performances as Macbeth, the Porter, Macduff and the Witches. They liked how we stayed and kept in character. I thought the show went really well. I loved Mills' performance. There was a slight problem with the props but it was quickly resolved. The entire cast provided good energy from their roles. They expressed their emotions strongly.

The college praised Wilson's performance because of his outstanding vocal projection, spatial awareness and stage presence. Mills' performance was amazing because of his insane amount of knowledge of lines and he brought humour to the audience by pulling Ameyaw's body offstage.

The cast was completely focused and some of their acting was quite over-exaggerated. The shouting lines was powerful because it was signifying the ensuing showdown of Macbeth and Macduff. They have good teamwork.

The dress rehearsal involved a lot of hard work from the cast and the tech team.

• Knowing our cues
• The music
• The lighting
• Which side of the stage to come in from

I did manage to jot down some notes that occurred from S-Came's perspective:

• Harry Kelly as Captain - staggers on stage
• Tia Scarlett as Lady Macbeth - look up and engage with the audience more and vocal projection
• The birdsong was too loud - SFX
• Diamontea Burton and Teigan Kalekezi - less knowledge of lines
• Rosely Litityo to Sebastian Weislo - prompt
• Diamontea Burton - don't read from the script
• Troy Wilson as Macduff - stutter when Lady Macbeth (Scarlett) orders him to speak