Cabaret Has Come to An End...

I have really enjoyed this module and it has been lots of fun. It has taught me a lot about comedy and the Cabaret form and had some great fun creating the performances, in particular  the 'Girlfriends Talk Show' from Saturday night live and experimenting with movement, body language and characterization in exaggerated ways.

 However I can't look at a banana in the same way after our final performance and 'Hot Stuff' has been printed onto my brain.

The Performance!!

In consideration of our final performance, the response we received during the piece was phenomenal as we were not expecting such roaring laughter throughout the piece. We were delighted as we all worked really hard to create this performance and produce a funny and entertaining show, in a very over the top Cabaret style. Overall the piece worked great in the context and the highlights were definitely the usage of the banana innuendos and also the make over as these both had great responses. The costume also reinforced our characters according to the feedback we received from the audience and we were told our characterization was great. In my opinion I also think the dating show-reels at the beginning aided the performance with a different media type which contextualized what the show was going to be about and portrayed just how random these five characters were.

However if I was to change and redo our performance again I would try to add more audience participation and maybe give each character a 'man' out if the audience so there was a speed dating type atmosphere happening on the stage during the 'dating crash course'. I would further have liked to place the audience more intimately with the stage to have little boundary between the actors and audience to increase the intimidation and awkwardness.

But overall it was great fun and we were all extremely pleased with the outcome. I personally think it went 10x better than we expected and I would love to perform it again.

And finally....Song Choice

The song choice during the make over scene worked really was a creative decision which made we easily managed to choreograph a scene to, and Hot Stuff we thought is the final decision which would hold the most comedic value. It also added a visually exciting element so that there was always something going on in our piece.

Tess Tickle Presses CD player(Donna Summers “Hot Stuff” begins to play) 

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0z2sgsCVUTU 

Rehersals

So when we had the script to our satisfaction, rehearsals were fluent and aided our final performance as the comedic result worked very well. It also enabled us to get into character well and create a more effective performance.

Through these rehearsals we practiced with the bananas so we could find the best way to make it funny and create an awkward rapport with the audience

In order to heighten this further we decided instead of placing someone in the audience during 'the talking to a boy' part we wanted to choose someone at random to make this realistic and even more awkward. 

The Final Script

Matchmaker Sketch

Scene 1: Advert & Home Videos.

Tess: Hi ladies, I’m thee Tess Tickle, author of the award winning bestseller “Grow a Pair of Balls” and matchmaker to the stars. Forget Sex and the City, forget 50 Shades of Grey my book tops them all. Now I’m giving a lucky a few women a once in a lifetime opportunity, to experience a crash course on how to find a man, with me Tess Tickle. To apply please email your video, telling me a bit about yourself and what you’re looking for in a man. Send to tesstickle@cockmail.co.uk. Please submit before February 6^th, hopefully with my help you won’t be single for yet another Valentine’s Day. Good luck.

Tess: Thank you all for volunteering for me today, we have four lovely ladies who have been selected from many applicants to participate in today’s crash course. I will need your help later on in the session but for now sit back and relax. Let’s re-look over the chosen applicants. Chocolate penis anyone?

Applications-

Clara: Hi, I'm doctor Clara martins, and I'm 28 years old from London. A bit about me, we'll my work is my life, I am a finance director for a car insurance company, as I have a masters from the well-known Cambridge university. Tess Tickle I need you’re... Help... Because I can't find a man that can cope with my lifestyle. My younger sister and parents are both happily married and it's about time for me to settle down. So if you can find a man who wants little attention and willing to spend no quality time with me, then pick me.

Jane:  Um Hello Tess Tickle, I’m um…Jane brown and I’m a librarian at my local library. In my spare time I read books and look after my cats Bertha, Beatrice, Betty, Belinda, Bambi and Mildred. I love cats and books and libraries. I like my own space and feel uncomfortable around other people, especially men. I’m looking for a man who is nice and likes to read and likes cats. I need your help to find a man, I can’t do it on my own. The closest I’ve got to someone is Edward Cullen. I like him. Find me someone like him.

Roxy: Hi Tess. My name is Roxanne peacock but most people call me foxy Roxy. My interests are simple. Sex, sex and sex. I know what I'm good at and that's sex. I can have any man I want, and trust me, I've had them. You're probably wondering why I'm sending this message as I already know everything there is to know about a man. Well, my friends think I need to look for more than just sex...fuck ‘em I say but hey...let's see if you can teach me anything I don't already know.

Olivia: Hi I’m Olivia, this is me and Spencer. We were together for 5 years….until he broke my heart. We had so many good times together, I thought he was gonna propose last year I had my wedding dress picked and everything. Please, please, please Tess Tickle help me get over him, I don’t want to die alone.

Tess- well it looks like I’ve got my work cut out for me. Let’s bring them in.

Scene 2: Workshop.

All girls enter looking awkward and nervous

Tess: Everybody please take a seat, chocolate penis anyone? Right ladies you are very lucky to have been selected today. Today’s session is going to change your lives. We are going to get to work straight away there’s no time to lose. As a start pointing, can you introduce yourself to the group and please describe the most successful date you have been on. Don’t be shy who’s going to start?

Olivia: I’m Olivia, I’m 22, and my perfect date is when my boyfriend, I mean ex-boyfriend drove us to the park where we met. We lay on the bonnet of his car and talked about marriage under the stars….It was so magical. (Starts to cry)

Roxy: Why? Did you fuck on the bonnet?

Olivia: (gasps) we made love!

Clara: Wow!

Roxy: I’m Roxanne, I don’t do dates but my perfect night was 3 guys, 2 bottles of bubbly and 1 bed. Well they don’t call me Foxy Roxy for nothing.

Clara: Doctor Clara Martins, how do you do. I’ve had one date, he came into my office and brought me lunch. We shared a prawn salad. It was very distracting. Then he wanted me to meet him out of office hours, I mean who’s got time for that. Anyway, now the only relationship I have is with my MacBook Pro.

Tess: That’s lovely, well your pretty quiet sweetie introduce yourself to the group. What has been your best date?

Jane: Well ummm hi I’m Jane, I’m 30 years old and I’ve never been on an actual date.

Tess: That’s ok, what about an encounter you’ve had with a man, like met anybody nice when you’ve been out and flirted a little bit with?

Jane: Well I don’t really go out, (whispers) I’ve never been kissed.

Tess: What was that last part?

Jane: (quietly) I’ve never been kissed.

Tess: Pardon?

Jane: I’ve never been kissed…

Tess: Sorry?

Jane: I’ve never been kissed…

Tess: Excuse me?

Jane: I’VE NEVER BEEN KISSED!

Clara: Seriously?

Roxy: What like your some kinda 30 year old virgin or something? OMFG you’re actually a 30 year old virgin didn’t think they actually existed!

Olivia: You poor thing!

Tess: Now now, there’s no need to worry this is what we are all here for there are clearly improvements to be made Jane not to worry I’m going to help you. And that goes for all of you; we need to make some umm slight changes to improve your chances of finding an eligible bachelor.

Clara: Theres nothing wrong with me, maybe the men are the problem.

Tess: Maybe so Clara but your still single aren’t you? So if you don’t want to die alone I’d shut up and listen. Right everybody stand up and make a line.

All the ladies line up as Tess paces back and forth. Tess looking up and down at each girl to take in their appearance.

Tess: Firstly ladies there is something I must tell you, the whole saying of “what’s inside that counts,” you know what that’s a whole lot of bullshit and that’s the harsh but honest truth.

Clara: Are you trying to say I need to promote my looks rather than my brains to get a man’s attention? That’s barbaric!

Roxy: Well duh, I use my looks at look at me I’ve had countless amounts of men.

Tess: Yes Clara that is what I’m trying to say, and Roxy there’s a line between a lady and a tramp. So my first port of call is to give you each a makeover.

Olivia: How exciting, I want to look marriage material!

Jane: I’ve never had a makeover before.

Tess: Honey, I can tell!

Scene 3: Makeover.

Tess Tickle Presses CD player

(Donna Summers “Hot Stuff” begins to play)

Tess: Let’s get to work! Roxanne you’re up first!

Roxy: But I don’t need a makeover I’m hot enough as I am!

Tess: Just shut up and get moving! Get into the dressing room I need to work my magic.

Tess pushes Roxy behind the screen.

Girls begin dance routine.

Tess: Right undress…dear god you can floss your teeth with these things (from behind screen)

Tess comes out from behind screen.

Tess: Right ladies the first thing you need to know about what men find attractive in a woman, is that they all love a girl who is golden delicious! So grab a mitt and slap on the fake tan, number one rule the darker the better!

Girls dance to chorus.

Tess: Introducing Foxy Roxy….darling you look like you’ve come back from the Maldives!

Girls react to Roxy’s makeover.

Tess: Clara your next!

Clara: Is this really necessary?

Tess: If you want to wait another 9 months before you have sex again I think you should do as your told, don’t you?

Tess takes Clara behind the screen.

Tess: My oh my, you have an excellent pair of breasts no need to hide them honey! (From behind screen)

Tess comes out from behind screen addressing other girls:

Tess: Now girls we all know the first rule about seduction is using your womanly assets so get them out at show them to the world!

Tess: Breath in, hoist them up! Damn girl your sex on legs! (From behind screen)

Girls dance to next chorus.

Tess: Introducing the Doctor that will soon send you into a fever with her hotness, it’s Clara Martins!

Clara: I feel so exposed, are you sure I look ok?

Tess: Too hot to handle baby!

Olivia: My turn, I wanna go next!

Tess and Olivia go behind the screen.

Tess: (comes out from behind screen) now girls the au-natural look is a load of rubbish, nobody likes a plain Jane, no offense, you need to slap as much make up on as you can. You can seduce men with your beautiful eyes.

Tess: Introducing a potential blushing bride…Olivia Mathews!

Olivia: I can’t quiet walk in these heels.

Tess: Well honey no brides ever walked down the aisle in flats, last but not least is Jane.

Jane: I really can’t, I could never look hot or sexy or anything like that… (Babbling)

Tess: Shhh, stop babbling! You’ll be surprised with what I can do!

Tess takes Jane behind screen.

Tess: Dear god you have bigger knickers than Bridget Jones herself!

Tess comes out from behind screen.

Tess: Finally ladies the ugly duckling has now transformed into to a beautiful swan, prepare yourselves for the gorgeous and sexy Miss Jane Brown!

Jane slowly comes out from behind the screen, all the other girls applaud.  Jane is embarrassed by the attention.

Clara: You look fabulous!

Tess: I know, but what about Jane?

Roxy: If I were a Lesbian I would totally do you!

Tess: You what?

Roxy: I’m kidding but girl you got hot!

Olivia: It’s like a Cinderella transformation!

Jane: You sure it’s not too much?

All: No, you look lovely!

Scene 4: How to talk & approach a man.

Tess: Now girls you may look the part but now you need to release your inner goddess and become the sexy seductress I know you all are. Please retake your seats so we can move on to phase 2.

All the girls take their seats.

Tess: Right ladies firstly what do you think is the first step to begin to attract a man….anybody? Yes Olivia?

Olivia: Propose? 

Roxy: No dumbass, ask for a drink?

Tess: Not first of all. The answer is through body language! Now close you eyes and just follow my instructions. Firstly sit forward and put your chest out, then cross your beautiful legs, then lean back gracefully and pout. Now picture in your head the most gorgeous hunk you have ever seen, picture his bulging biceps and chiseled bone structure, his luscious lips and cheeky grin. Now the key to seduction is through eye contact so after 3 you are going to stare deeply into his eyes and draw him to you, 1, 2, 3!

The girls have followed instruction, but misinterpreted them. All spaced in awkward positions!

Tess: Girls! What on earth….Roxy a little less, Clara not so much pout. Doing good Olivia chest out, and Jane a bit more effort from you come on. That’s much better.

Girls are repositioned.

Tess: Now you need to approach your man, everybody rise!

All girls stand.

Tess: You need to strut your stuff to keep him engaged. Now copy me its all in the hips, and 1, 2, 3, 4, and toss your hair, 2, 3, 4, and pose. Fabulous!

Girls attempt to walk as Tess did.

Tess: Not too bad, let’s try once more.

Girls attempt to walk as Tess did, again.

Tess: That is sure to have had his attention. Now you know the walk its all about the talk.

Girls go back to seats.

Tess: He is bound to come over and talk to you after your performance so you must be prepared to say the right thing. The art of conversation can be a good opportunity to sell yourself and discuss what your good at, maybe a hobby of some sort. So what are your talents?

Clara: Well obviously I am very organized, I can register anything buy categories in cross-reference.

Olivia: I love shopping, shopping and shopping, oh and going to weddings!

Jane: I love books. I’ve read every one of Shakespeare’s plays.

Tess: No, no, no, that’s no good! You’re going to scare them away with your intelligence and will make them feel inferior. Nobody likes a smart woman. So take note, you must act interested in all sports whether you like it or not, agree with everything he says and have no opinion of your own. 

Clara: You’ve got to be joking, that’s absurd!

Roxy: Hey, I say just skip all that bullshit and get straight to business, just get me a tequila slammer take me home and get down to banging!

Jane: huh, oh dear me!

Roxy: You are so deprived of your womanly pleasures!

Tess: No Roxanne, you’re missing out the best part by getting straight to it. It’s all in the art of seduction. Ladies I think you’re ready for phase 3.

Scene 5: Foreplay.

Tess approaches girls with a tray of bananas.

Tess: Please take one each.

Olivia: Bananas? (Confused)

Jane: I’m ok thank you Tess. I’ve already had my 5 a day.

Roxy: I’ve had 5 today!

Clara: We are not doing what I think we’re doing are we?!

Tess: It’s all in the art of foreplay. Please imagine that you hold someone’s manhood in your hands.

Jane: A what?!

Roxy: She means, a penis, a cock, a dick, a winky!

Tess: Ladies, unpeel…..seductively, imagine your unzipping his trousers!

Olivia: (Giggling) I feel so naughty, this is much bigger than my ex-boyfriends!

Tess: And massage, stick your nails in they love it when you do that. Put it in!

(The girls follow Tess’s instruction)

Jane: Put it where?

Roxy: In your mouth duh!

Tess: And suck, pretend it’s your favorite lolli-pop, strawberry, raspberry, cola!

Jane: I don’t know if I can do this!

Tess: Give it a go Jane, and occasionally they love it when you bite!

(Girls all take their own approach to sucking bananas)

Tess: Oh Clara I didn’t know you had it in you! Keep going girls!

(Girls perform on bananas and Tess licks egg!)

Tess: Girls you have really out done yourselves, I am very impressed! I knew you would finally release your inner goddesses!

Olivia: My ex always said I was good at oral!

Clara: I hate to admit it but I actually quite enjoyed that, just wish I was able to get the real thing.

Tess: Well Clara you may just might, as I have a little surprise for you all! We have a lovely young gentleman for you to practice everything you have learnt today.

Jane: A real man?

Tess: Yes.

Jane: You want me to talk to an actual boy?

Tess: Not only that I want you to try and seduce him!

Jane: Oh god! (Begins to panic)

Roxy: Is he hot?

Olivia:  Is he marriage material?

Tess: Lets bring him in and you’ll find out!

Tess improvises searching through audience looking for the ‘right man’.

Picks a man and leads him into the stage.

Tess: Right Ladies, this is Johnny, and he’s a fireman.

 Sits him on a chair.

Improvised section with each girl talking to ‘Johnny’.

Tess: Times up, thank you for your time, I’ll escort you back!

Tess leaves stage with volunteer.

Clara: this is ridiculous! You simply cannot pull a man this way! This woman has no clue, she is talking nonsense! I say that we spark off an uprising and leave! Who is with me?

Olivia: Oh that sounds nasty, why don’t we just tell her our feelings and talk it out so everyone is happy and at peace.

Roxy: let’s just leave and go for cocktails! I can give you better tips than her.

Clara, Olivia and Roxy make an attempt to leave.

Jane: I came across her book in the library. I thought it was okay...

All girls stop and look at Jane.

Jane: Yeah let’s go.

Scene 6: The Uprising & Final Confession.

Tess: Is that what you all think of me, you think my work as a load of nonsense?

Clara: Let’s face the facts Tess, none of this is going to make use find a man!

Tess: Oh god, I’m having a panic attack. I can’t cope! I just can’t do this anymore!

Olivia: Tess breath! We are so sorry we didn’t mean to upset you!

Tess: I can’t do this. I’ve been living a lie!

Roxy: What you mean?

Tess: I can’t tell you, my whole career will be ruined!

Jane: If you get it of your chest you will feel much better.

Tess: No you don’t understand my life will be over!

Clara: Just tell us!

Tess: The truth is through my whole career I’ve taught woman how to find a man, I’ve match made many celebs, even introduced Beyoncé to Jay Z. I’ve dated many people including a brief interlude with Brad Pitt and Leonardo Dicaprio. I’ve been engaged 3 times and never made It down the aisle because of one little problem.

All: What?

Tess: The truth is… I like girls!

All: What?!

Tess: I LIKE GIRLS! I’m gay, I’m a raging lesbian! And the truth is right now Clara I just want to rip that shirt off you and have you on that table because a powerful woman doesn’t half turn me on.

Awkward silence

Jane: Chocolate penis anyone?

END.

During the scripting

So as we sat and talked about what we had done in rehearsals we could easily begin to write the script to gain an overall basis and structure to our performance. We all chipped in relevant ideas.

Firstly for a comedic element we want to create different makeovers which were over exaggerated to portray the cabaret style of over the top. Therefore we chose certain make up places on the face that girls focus on which we chose:

THE EYEBROWS :

TOO MUCH MAKE UP:

FAKE TAN: 

And finally Jane Brown....

We decided to give her a nice make over just to stereotype the ugly duckling to a swan transformation which emphasised the other girls ridiculous make up. 

My Monologue

This was my monologue for the script for Jane Brown:

Um Hello Tess Tickle,

I’m um…Jane brown and I’m a librarian at my local library. In my spare time I read books and look after my cats Bertha, Beatrice, Betty, Belinda, Bambi and Mildred. I love cats. And books. And libraries. I like my own space and feel uncomfortable around other people, especially men. I’m looking for a man who is nice and likes to read and likes cats and leaves me alone 6 days of the week. I need you’re help to find a man, I can’t do it on my own. The closest I’ve got to someone is Edward Cullen. I like him. Find me someone like him. 

I had to write something that clued the audience to the nature of the character and what I was about through my mannerisms. It was really fun and really helped me get into character by going over this a few times to get my vocals and movements right.

Lets Begin!

So the character profiles are finalized, its time to begin the scripting.

We wanted it to be mainly improvised so it was natural and flowed better which meant that there was always room for ad libbing, comedic timing and changes.

We also wanted to incorporate multimedia like we did in our previous ideas to add to the comedic element. Thus we decided to write short monologues which would begin our performance and introduce the characters before they entered the stage.

Character Profiles 5

And finally...

Match Maker - Tess Tickle - Played by Chloe

• 35
• Matchmaker
• erotic novel writer, sex therapist, relationship therapist, raging lesbian in denial, runs a crash course on how to find a man, secretly insecure. 

Character Profiles 4

Hopless Romantic - Olivia Mathews - Played by MJ:

• 22
• Student
• Part time worker
• Hotel receptionist
• clutsey, had a long term relationships, just broken up, can't be without a boyfriend, Hasn't been single for 5 years, held by her ex who could get her back any time, gets treated badly in relationships. 

Character Profiles 3

Then...

Workaholic - Played by Emily

• Clara Martins
• Buisness woman
• accountant
• age 28
• Strong driven woman, wants a promotion, independent, Dr., Privately educated, well off parents, Cambridge Graduate, rich, lives in a town house in central London, younger sister is stay at home wife. 

Character Profiles 2

Next we had:

Whore, Roxy Peacock - Played by Megan:

• 24 years old
• Sex Addict
•  Barmaid - Revolution Cardiff
• Overly Confident, sex addict, intimidating, boasts about sleeping wit celebs, lives with her housemate Harry but slept with him and its now awkward, not interested in anything but sex. 

Character Profiles

We then began to collaborate ideas for character profiles: 

So first we had
 30 year old Virgin - Played by me:

• Jane Brown
• 30
• Librarian 
• Shy, owns lots of cats, lives by herself, good natured, socially awkward, runs a book club, not many friends, all her friends are like her, has never been kissed. 

Our chosen Idea

When we met as a group for the second time we decided both the ideas were a bit too difficult so we began to draft another which led to our final performance of a dating show.

We started to create the idea through creating some character profiles and then we could draft the script.

Character ideas:

• whore
• Shy/virgin
• workaholic
• Hopeless romantic
• Host/matchmaker 

                         

The Final project

The next step was to start our final piece.

During our first meeting we had many ideas that we began to throw around.

Considering Cabaret for our final peice

'...Cabaret as a meeting place for artists where quasi-improvisational performance takes place among peers and cabaret as an intimate, small-scale but intellectually ambitious venue'    Lisa Appinganesi . (1975). Ladies ad Gentleman . In: Lisa AppinganesiCabaret the first hundred years. London: Methuen London. 9.

In consideration of this, reading a quote like this stemmed my ideas and heavily reinforces the chosen idea for our final piece as we wanted to create something that would relate to the class watching but also create an intimate space and get the audience involved so they felt slightly uncomfortable. 

Kitch n sync workshop

In the last workshop leading up to Christmas we had a work shop with kitch n sync. This taught me a lot about movement and body.

At the beginning of the workshops we talked about our skills and what we want to go into. She also told us her skills and about the company. We then watched a couple of their clips. I had previously seen a show of theirs which I thoroughly enjoyed.

We then moved onto some warm ups and had to keep getting into small groups and perform something. This eventually lead to a group workshop on how to be a Jack-in-a-box which half the group split into two and we had to watch one half be the Jack-in-a-box and we would then copy. We then had a puppeteer controlling our moves and we had to follow which created a nice visual practice.

When we had mastered the movement we then got into smaller groups to create a little performance. We added noises of representation in to each of our Jack-in-a-box. in our group we had Jack the lad, Jack of hearts and Jack of trades. Our little performance was Jack of hearts trying to seduce jack of trades where as jack the lad tried to break this up. We performed this all in the style of a Jack-in-a-box bouncing and moving in a very stiff and comedic way. We also made up our own funny little language.

After these we moved on and got into another set of groups and had to portray our own Christmas story with the props we were given. We had a white wig, and a shopping trolley. We used the wig as beard to which we then created Santa who was a hobo living in the shopping trolley. We then added a additional characters such as a reporter a child and I played a reindeer who was dumb and just sat and ate.

It was a really good workshop and we got to experiment with cabaret styles in different genres.

Evaluation of comedy sketch

In evaluation of the comedy sketch and in consideration of the feedback we got I was happy with the final outcome on what we created. The peice came across well and it got relevant laughs in the right places. I also think that the addition of the multimedia at the beginning lead nicely into our peice and crearted an extra comedy element which was visually different for the audeince to see. It added another dimention as we were seated throughour our performance on a sofa. However if we were to maybe do this project again, I think we could have added a differnt accent in as our American wasn't fluent according to the feedback. Maybe a Welsh accent could have aided the comedy of the performance by adding slightly more exagerated accents. But overall we were content with the overall outcome of the peice and it boded well as a comedy sketch. 

Lets Get Started!

So we decided that a funny way to start it was to make our own ident for the beginning and project it on the cyclorama to give a comical intro to our show and create a talk show vibe. We also over exaggerated the comedic style and added american accents.

Now To Decide On The Roles. Difficult? Not!

Chosen and Research

We all loved the sketch from reading it but watching it too gave us a great idea of how we could incorporate new idea and make it our own. For example we decided to to a live mediated performance with the use of projector bringing in the intro.
 http://screen.yahoo.com/girlfriends-talk-show-best-friend-000000948.html

We've decided!

So after many trolling through of the scripts we finally decided on a concept. This was the Girlfriends Talk Show.

What Sketch Will Work Best?

We began to have a sift through the Saturday night Live website. We looked at many different options to try and find the best one. We wanted to find one we could tweek and change.

We first looked at these as we could change them to 3 characters but this was hard, and as we weren't very confident in creating and writing comedy we decided a script would be best to stick too.

Comedy Sketches

Our next move on the Cabaret radar is comedy sketches. When we initially got intour our group of 3 we had a really big sift through of sketches. we even thought about wirting our own however we were a little bit worried that if we did it wouldn't quite work out well.

 'You really have no idea whether or not what you're writing is funny. In stand-up and sketch comedy, you know right away and you can make your changes accordingly.'  Michael Showalter. 
http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/sketch_comedy.html#8Dq2JYTvPvmIIiRP.99

Therefore we began to turn to the comedy genius of Saturday night live.

Emporium Feedback Of performance.

Good points:
-Laughs at the strongest parts
-Well written Lyrics
- Change from Hannah Montanna to Miley
- Good idea as she's in the limelight
- Comedic Element came out well

Critical:
- Pull the words out to make them stronger and add comedic value
- Microphones could enhance clarity
- costume could have been developed
- Props and Billie Rae could have been added

Overall in looking over our performance I believe it came across well and had a good reaction. The comedic element found in Cabaret was present and the technique of parody held the audience well. We tried to add in double standards as well which seemed to to work with the style of cabaret.