Peter Pan!

This is the first play of this new year that I have watched this fall. The play is Peter Pan, about a magical boy and a girl with two little brothers' advantage. I have to say that this is one of the best play that I have watched ever. Or probably I may have the same comment after I watch any new play. They are getting better and better, and also the drama group always have new blood coming in. For example I saw my friend John attended and participated well in the play. I have a kind of hope for me to participate in drama. Because all the other members in the drama, the "professional actors" seemed too far away from me. I don't know much of them. But a friend of me who I know a little bit more adapted from the "new environment and land" for performing. 

As a surprise, I never heard of the story of Peter Pan before. Before I came to watch the play, I asked several people about the story of Peter Pan. They all have the same kind of reaction: "Really? Not kidding you have never heard of Peter Pan? The flying little boy? Oh my god you don't have a childhood." Well, probably yes I don't have a kind of real childhood, because my childhood was spent in the force of learning Chinese traditional culture from the pressure of my mum. I am not interested about  the fairy tale story. But to be honest, I still would like to talk about the play because I like the way that our drama actors played it. There are two parts of the play as usual, but it is the first time I have ever seen that same group of actors performed two different characters in the different setting of the play. For example the poor mother acted Captain of the Pirate and the father acted a friend of Peter Pan. They showed their totally different, or opposite characteristics compares to their original character that they have performed earlier. I believe this is so much harder to figure out and also takes a lot of practice for them to adapt the feeling of a higher level of performing I guess. 

I really love the way their perfect participation there. Although I don't really know how to "taste" a play, but I was really getting in the play and I enjoy the atmosphere. I believe that I can learn from them and get better in the Literature and Performance class, at least the part of participation and trying hard.

                                                  (The Poter on the knee)