Photos!

This photo was taken at the very end of the performance.  In it, the family are moving on one final time.  By this stage, we were soaked to show that we are in the midst of a major storm which is flooding their home. Where are most of the times the Joads have been moved on in the story, they haven't really been emotionally attached to the place, this time Ma says the box cars have been the nicest home she's had, which gives this scene even greater meaning.  I think the fact that we were really drenched by the final moments of the play helped me to really become my character and brought us together as a cast.  The emotion on our faces really shows the focus we had right to the end of the performance.  I think we should have held this final moment a little bit longer to really allow the audience time to reflect on the Joad's situation and what they might move onto next, however, I liked the fact that we walked out through the audience which hopefully created a stronger exit for the final time in the play rather than just leaving the stage area as we had done for every other the scene.

 Jay did a good job at making the emotion clear that although the family are sad the baby is dead, they need to move on. This short 30 second moment he had was one of the only breaks there were in the play that gave people time to think and realise whats actually going on, especially as having a baby is supposed to be a nice special time. I think Amanda's line "We had no baby we was wrong" to Winfield is a prime example of this moving on.

 It was good to see the unity of the Joads emerging right until the end, the journey they are on still continues, but the triangle formation we made symbolises the strength between them.

 From the Audience perspective the water was really good and made everything look much more dramatic, like the family really wanted to defend what they had. It was also good to try something the we have never used before in drama, a more "interactive performance".