Panto Run-Through

We are now beginning to run the whole panto as if we were performing it to an audience. It is a very useful idea as then we know how long the show runs for and whether or not we went over or under the time. It is also good to see if we can keep the whole show running without stopping. For our first run-through I thought it went rather well considering it was our first time performing the whole thing. Obviously there were many mistakes such as people not knowing their cues and lines.


This week we were in every day for extra rehearsals because we really needed the long hours and time. We had to show it to our tutor many times so then she will know whether or not their is a pantomime in the making. It did get better after each run-through and our tutor did say this.


I have now decided to change my villager character a little. Previously my character was called Charlie and to put it mildly, he was a bit of a lowlife with not many friends to his name and had confidence issues. I have now decided to still keep the same name but to make him more of a people friendly kind of guy to add to the panto feeling. I've also made him a bit of a Jack the Lad character too because he is cocky and likes spending time with his friends. I decided to change my character a round a bit because I tend to act more this way on stage rather than the other way I came up with. For example in Scene 1 of Act 1, a fellow villager who I am standing with at the time says the line 'Marry you? Why, she won't even notice you. You're nothing but the son of a poor washerwoman', I tend to cheekily nod my head as I am agreeing with this villager. This adds to being a bit of a Jack the Lad who just hangs on his friends' every words.


For my guard character in the pantomime I like to compare him to Razoul, the captain of the Royal Guard from the 1992 Disney film, Aladdin. I also like to think that my character is the dominant one of the Emperor's guards in the panto. This is because I beat the other guard at Rock-paper-scissors and I cover the other guards' eyes when we visit the Princess in her chambers with the Vizier in Act 2. Razoul is described as a no nonsense, tough and intimidating guard of the Sultan much like I am in our pantomime. My guard character is extremely loyal to the Emperor, the Vizier and Princess Jasmine. I would also describe him with having no sympathy towards lawbreakers, whether young, old, male or female and that he is always taken very seriously and that is why he likes his job a little too much.