Final touches before presentation at Sha Tin College

Aim of Task: To prepare the cannovacci so that we can present it at Sha Tin College.

Description of Task: Before presenting to Sha Tin College, we need to do some final things to the cannovacci so that we can present it. The play is not very clear in some parts so we decided that we will cut some parts.

• When all of the characters realize that it's apocalypse Pantalone seems preocuppied because he realizes he cannot use money when he is in heaven. A slap by colombina and a heart attack follow. This is not a very funny skit and, since we need to cut down the play, is something that we could easily remove.
• Although IL Dotore and Pantalone agree on exchanging Colombina and Isabella in one scene, there is no scene where the exchange actually happens. We have addesod a scene where the exchange happens and, when IL Dotore gets Colombina and Isabella, he does a little play on words with being "productive, re-productive" before the world ends.
• All the characters die before the world ends, being poisoned by a potion Zanni put into the dinner served to all the characters. There is humor by la Ruffiana saying "Zanni, you couldn't wait until the end of the world to kill us!"
• Speed in Commedia dell' Arte, in general should be pretty fast. Therefore, we have rehearsed on making the speed faster and faster so that it matches Commedia style better. That will also save us time.
  

Reflection: I think it's good that we had to cut scenes, it means we had plenty of material and that we can get rid that the material that is not good enough to present and leave only the good parts.

Conclusion: We might have spent too much time talking about the play at the start. For Commedia dell' Arte, it is mostly about improvising, so it is best to start acting the scenes as soon as possible and keep on improving them.