Acting on stage - voice projection. Any tips, please?

[MirandaGoshawk]

This is my first time with an Am Dram group, in a panto. We've had the dress rehearsal and it went well, but I was told they couldn't hear me at the back of the hall and that I should shout. I don't have a strong voice and we have five performances. First one is tonight (yikes!). Once I lost my voice after talking with a friend for two hours! Any tips, please?

All they have said is about speaking from your stomach rather than your throat, but I have no idea how to do that.

That does sound odd I'm somewhere I can;t watch though)

I think it's just a slip of the tongue. But confusing for a newbie like me!

Unless I've missed something.

that's a thing sometimes done in singing, but very difficult. I'm sure she means 'with a full breath'

Also I have to do something important with a prop that has gone wrong a few times in rehearsal.

OH NO IT DIDN'T!! (Sorry)

Break a leg tonight. As for projecting - pretend your little one / teenager is upstairs doing something they shouldn't. That'll raise your volume

Thank you . And the advice from everyone is much appreciated and has been very helpful.

How did it go @MirandaGoshawk?

Thanks for asking! It went pretty well, and my projection was definitely better. I still need a bit more practice but some tips here were a big help (such as the uh uh sounds and diaphragm moving). The director was sitting at eh back and said she could hear me fine!

As to the performance, I was a bit late with one entrance but was told that it built the tension! So that's good. And my prop behaved itself. I got applause each time I went onstage! That came as a surprise. There was good audience participation, in the song, etc. So all good! I don't feel as terrified today. Thank you all once again.

Aw that's great. I used to love doing panto with am dram (loved it all actually). I met DH there

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No chance of romance here!

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Have you watched The Goes Wrong Show on BBC? It's a spoof show about a rubbish am dram company with ideas above their station where everything, well, goes wrong. We cry laughing at it. It's on iplayer if you wanted a watch.

So glad it went well .

Yes, I've seen it. Must be very hard to do properly! They were on the Royal Variety I think - hilarious!
It went much better tonight! Except there was a little boy in the front row who commented all the way through. Me:" Is Captain Hook still about? If you see him, please shout out!" Boy: "He's in the curtains."