Last night's Comedy Tonight

For me, comedy is life. Like I cannot stop watching movies, I cannot stand living without laughters. It is so surprising to see a comedy performed in school, so I had such a high expectation to Comedy tonight. 

I was impressed by the dedication of actors and directors, and some of the ideas were so smart. Firstly, the show was for every person, instead of focusing on a small group of people. There were scenes about the hottest topics, and also scenes about our daily life. For example, the first scene was making fun of the presidential candidates. The morning meeting scene showed exactly a student’s life in Cheshire Academy. Secondly, the actors in the show also impressed me. In this comedy, there were a few people that played another gender. I have to say William, Jack and John really did a good job on playing female characters, and indeed, they did make the scenes funnier. The dedication was actually commendable. Thirdly, the pace of the play was also pretty good. For comedies, the audience has to pay 100% attention through the shows, so what often happens is that after a few scenes, people would feel tired of laughing. However, in this play, they actually controlled the pace well. There were dance, singing, and “commercials” between scenes. These allowed audience to relax from laughing. Overall, I was really surprised, and especially the ideas were from students. 

However, there were also some little flaws in the show. Firstly, the enunciation needed to be improve. For instance, sometimes it was hard to hear Jack Palmer. I think it would be better, if he had a microphone. Also, when Elle was singing, she also needed a microphone. Her voice was low, especially when she sang, so she should’ve had a microphone. Secondly, some actors’ behaviors on stage were not appropriate. For example, when William and Joseph said the wrong lines, they repeated the line and laughed to the audience. They were supposed to let it go and pretend like nothing happened. The last thing I want to talk about is the design of cross-dressing. In my opinion, it is okay to have this element. However, when this idea is used several times in a play, it is not that funny. For example, there were way too many cross-dressed actors, such as William, John, Jack, Angelina and Abby (Mr. McBreen). When audience saw this too many times, it could cause aesthetic fatigue. Plus, I think a good comedy did not need the cross-dressing idea to make it funny. It is more important to have interesting ideas, such as the joke about presidential candidates in the play. Consequently, if these little flaws can be avoided, the play would be more interesting. 

In conclusion, it is true that the theaters are improving. Every production was better than the previous one, and people keep trying new things in theaters. I enjoyed this!