Devil in Drag

This play was performed by the other theatre class and I though it was both interesting and complicated. The play was performed with set and props unlike ours and it was very different.

I really enjoyed how we were welcomed to the play by having security check us and seat us, this made me feel already involved in the play and made it more exciting to watch. Also at the beginning all of the characters were introduced, this helped me and the audience understand who was who because in the play they did swap characters quite a lot.

I also really liked the comedy aspect of the play. Comedy is extremely difficult because you don't know if the audience are going to laugh and many people feel insecure, however I think they did it really well and it was natural not forced. I laughed a lot even though I sometimes didn't understand the Joke.

I was amazed to find out lots of the piece was improvised because it fitted well together and was very professional. The characters were portrayed excellently through body language and how they spoke. The boys who played girls didn't hold back the put all their energy into it, particularly Brinley who really portrayed his character well and was very believable because he never dropped his character. I also think the people playing the Duke were very well spoken and Katie really used her body to make herself look like her character.

The set was good because they used it to hide in and change between scene however to improve I think they could have used less set because when they were moving it around I did loose focus, or if they did keep it their transitions could be smoother. Their transitions were smooth when changing character an they found a very good way to swap costumes because I didn't see that happening. One thing I did notice was when Brinley was getting his wig bag, they could have done this more discretely because my attention was on them instead of the people on stage.


I found the story was quite confusing but I think they pulled it of very well because they had said it wasn't going to be any good. To improve this piece I think they needed slightly more time to rehearse and their transitions could have been smoother. I particularly enjoyed the ending when they got the audience to dance with them because it made the audience feel like part of the play and it made everyone happy at the end.