Account of live performance: Abomination
             On Friday 24th, I watched a production of the book 'Abomination' in the school assembly room at Bitterne Park School.
             To perform the play 'abomination' I thought the actors and actresses would have to be good as I had heard from friends that the story and the way the book was written was very complex. As I expected the one actor and two actresses preformed the play very well. The way each character was able to jump roles and change from character to character changing their status from high to low show that their acting skills were very effective. The way that performers were able to jump roles so easily made the play much more believable and maybe even more so than if the performance had had more actors and actresses (this I think, would have made the performance dull and confusing). When I first sat down to watch the play one of the first things my eyes were drawn to was the fact that where they were performing there were no props (except the phone, the computer, rope swing and the post cards, which were necessary for the play to work). This instantly made it different to other plays (for example, Pantomimes which uses many different types of props and even if a prop is not really needed one will still be used, making it very over the top, a contrast to the performance of 'Abomination'). The actor and actresses made it very clear (when miming) what it was they were doing, by adding big gestures, the audiences minds therefore were able to picture what it was they were doing (for example when the mother was cutting up the food, massive hand movements showed what she was doing and made her character have a very high status). Also, they were able to synchronise there acting, this was especially effective when two actors mimed a folding of a bed sheet, which was done so convincingly that you would not even know their was not a sheet there.
             Throughout the w...