Evaluation of Variety

On the 19th May I performed in the Variety Show. My act consisted of juggling and magic. I was over the moon with how my performance went. I was worried in rehearsals that I would be too nervous and stumble over my words or not have the stage presence I desired, but having watched back a video of my performance I was really happy that I was clear and understandable as well as a little funny (if I do say so myself). I was also really happy that both the magic and juggling couldn't have gone better! There was a risk that I could drop the balls or other things at the wrong time, but everything went exactly to plan. I thought that my stage presence was good because I was on my own and so I had to command the space. I also had to make sure that every part of the card trick was clear to the audience, not just the audience member on stage. This meant projecting my voice well and showing the trick to the front. I think I did this really well and used comic timing well to get the effect of the trick across well. I think this suited the variety bracket well because juggling and magic are both very old forms of entertainment that has been used in variety entertainment for many many years and so my doing it is very much similar to acts that would have originally been used in variety performance.