Yesterday was the day of our performance. For our double, we finalised sound, multimedia, costume, props and set design. We practiced blowing up balloons with the helium and sourced some last minute props like the smoke machine, speakers and some garbage bags. Kate and I decorated the foyer with some posters for extra promotion and to give the foyer a small amount of atmosphere. With the help of some fellow year 12s, we folded the programs. We continued to get ready after school, with hair, makeup and costumes. We had a small tech run to inform Nick, Ricky and Josie what was going on with the show. Special Thanks to Nick, Ricky and Josie for all their help after school, especially with the lighting, setting up, the costumes and the photos. Oh, and special thanks to Ms Flood as well, for being the sound and lighting operator!

After a quick dinner (we had pizza, it was pretty good), we finalised our costumes, our hair and our props, and got ready to perform. Overall, I felt the performance went really well. It went to so quick! It was good to see what we had accomplished, especially with the set design, costumes, props, lighting and multimedia! Our acting skills have improved so much since the beginning of the year, and it feels so great! I wasn’t even nervous before the show, which is a big accomplishment for me. My voice projection has improved a lot, and I’m now a lot louder when I have to be, and I’m not afraid of doing it! The show went really quick, and it was good to see Ms Anketell in the crowd, as we have all missed her quite a bit! It was also good to see many of the other teachers. It means a lot to have their support. Same with our parents.

I now feel a lot better about improvisation also, and I feel a lot better at thinking on the spot, for example, with Marianne and Kerianne, each time we rehearsed their scenes, it was always slightly different. I felt comfortable with performing Marianne and Kerianne because I knew my improvisation skills had improved so much, that I knew I could come up with something to say.

The Kangaroo scene I was also comfortable with, as I was comfortable with whom my character was. A loud, Australian kangaroo.

The pass the parcel scene was a bit of a worry for me, as I felt quite underprepared, as I only got the role on Monday. However, last night, the words just flowed, and it felt right. I was happy with the outcome of that scene considering the circumstances.

A funny moment for me was when I was putting my clown wig and red nose on. I forgot to take my pink bimbo top off from the previous scene, so I had to rip the wig off quickly, then my hair came out, and the clip holding my hair up got tangled in the wig. So I was walking around near the audience with a clip hanging out the side of my head.

I’m really proud of what we, and what I have accomplished with our IPP performance. We have all come such a long way, and the performance went really well!