When actually performing in the street it was very different to the rehearsal process. We had some issues at the start because of the wheelbarrow. We were originally going to start at the Guild Hall, yet we were moved the day before to the Brooks Centre. This was a problem as we started because we had to use the lift to get to the street outside, and as it was a shopping centre it took us a while to get a free lift. This meant that our performance started a bit late, so we had less time to do our walk about act. The act itself went really well, we had a great reaction from people in the Cathedral grounds. We chose to perform there because it had the most trees and grass in the city centre, which worked well with our concept of vegetation. We were lucky with the weather, with lots of people sitting on the grass and benches. Children seemed to enjoy it the most, and each time we stopped we gathered a crowd, the largest being about 20 people. This is something we didn’t expect and helped us to perform better. We moved on to meet the rest of our class for the end of the performance. Each group travelled from different parts of the city to meet at The Buttercross, a central statue in the high street. Once there we presented ourselves to the audience, and awaited ‘something’ from the sky. We brought a member of the audience forward and decorated them with sunglasses, feather boa, hat and frame. I think we had a crowd of at least fifty people, yet it was still hard to find an audience member willing to come forward. We continued on as a large group, parading down the high street.

If we had more money we could have made better costumes, and made a larger performance all together. “A serious lack of funding of street arts means that many British companies are unable to develop their work, particularly on the large scale” (Gardener, L. 2003:9) I believe the performance went well, and I enjoyed directing a performance as a group. Even though you can be let down, I have learned things through mine and others mistakes.