First Impressions of the play 4/11/2013

First immpressions of the play.

I found that the play could be really difficult but worth it, I watched the trailer of the performance and i saw that they used physical theatre, using flips, and having the company support them in the movements they do, using weight transfer. I would love to do this in the show. I noticed that this show is about a character 'falling in love' but another kind of love, the love of a 15 year old,

Characters

These are the main characters that stood out to me.

Christopher - this character stood out to me alot because i noticed that the main character isnt the typical strong, brave and tough. Christopher is an innocent boy, i feel so much sympathy for this character, for example i see him as a character who couldnt stick up for himself in a fight. If i was to play this part i would do so much research into having the internal world, i would quite like to play this character. I also feel really sorry for this character, the line he said was 'is this the train to london?' and it really made an impact on me.

Mother (Judy) - I felt that i took to this character alot, reading the script i found that the line "....thats my son." really hit me, because that phrais was ment to be used for being proud of that person, but they wasJudy says it is in a way that, she would be proud of him if he changed or "got better". Although the character is quite nasty,in the sence of blaming him almost for her leaving. I could understand how differcult it would be for her, how she couldnt take it. If i was to play this character, i wouldnt make her excited to see Christopher, because i cant see that in the script. shocked, deffinatly but, after a while she decides to take him back, Playing this Character i would go through the lines and look through how it would make me feel, i would possible go through the system of Stanifslaki, in the sence of finding the 'I Want ' in the script, cutting it down into units.

My final feelings

I feel i could easily break down during the prosses, mainly because i can't watch innocent characters struggle, if i was a character in a story i would possible do anything i can to help Christopher, yet looking at how christopher is in the script, i dont think he would take my help. because he doesnt trust strangers. But i love the fact that, how simple the story is made a big impact on me.