Phenomenal People Performance

On Friday October 3rd, our class went to the Camden People’s Theatre, and took part in Fuel Theatre’s Phenomenal People event.

The purpose of the event was to celebrate phenomenal and inspirational women, especially but not exclusively in the arts. Our group had been asked if a few of us wanted to take part and fill up a slot in their day of performances, which was about fifteen minutes long. 

We decided that it would be perfect to perform our pieces of Greek Theatre, as the plays we were doing excerpts from were all stories based around extraordinary women.  

Amber and Klodian, Carlos and Shaday, and Jerome and I all performed our pieces, as well as Shaday doing a monologue which she had written herself.

It was an absolute privilege to take part in this event, and as a feminist and someone who is aspiring to be an actress; it was like a dream opportunity for me.

It was also fantastic, if a little terrifying, to get the chance to perform our piece in another environment, for a live audience. It was a really good and helpful experience, and I feel that it really helped to pad out or process of working on this piece. It was brilliant.

I enjoyed performing our scene at another theatre, especially as it was as part of such a wonderful event.

It was also inspirational and extremely touching to listen to and meet the other women who contributed to the event by telling their own stories. They were exceptionally brave to speak so truthfully about their own lives, it really felt like a privilege to have such personal things shared with us. 

The Phenomenal People event was great, a very rich experience which I am glad to have taken part in. I’m very grateful we were given the chance.