Peer Assessing

During our rehearsals, we were asked to peer assess one of the members of the cast and I peer assessed Dru Dawkins. Positive things I saw from Dru was his strong commitment to his given when he chose to sustain his character. He had clarity in his voice whilst speaking, had clear and confident facial expressions to demonstrate his character's given moods and used body language that suited his character to identity it as clearly as possible. Nonetheless, once he slipped out of character, it took him a while to get back into it as he tended to get distracted easily. 

Advice I would give to not only Dru but to other actors is to aim to remain in character at all times during rehearsals and especially on the day of the performance.This helps to make your character more believable to not only yourself but to audience members given that when they act, they see your character and not who you are as a person.

Peer assessing helped me to identify what to do and also what not to do. There's so much you can learn from other members of your cast and peer assessing is just one of the great ways of learning from them. From assessing Dru, I learnt to always commit myself to my given character with confidence and to always remain in character.