My first preformance is tomorow...?

Question:Tomorow evening, I have the first preformance of the play im in. I always get really nervous the first time. Any tips on how to calm my nervs down, and concentrate fully on the play?

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Tomorow evening, I have the first preformance of the play im in. I always get really nervous the first time. Any tips on how to calm my nervs down, and concentrate fully on the play?

It's a good sign that you are nervous...I'm always MORE nervous when I don't feel nervous about doing a show...it's that nervousness that makes the performance exciting (so its fresh each time you perform it). I used to find myself getting nervous because I was performing, and now I've more channeled a way to make my nervousness help my performance.
Before a show, I always go off alone somewhere, and "become" my character. For one show, I sat in a corner, and listed why all of the other characters in the play hated me. For another, I sat and listed all of these prank ideas that I could do on another character. For the most recent, I paced and talked about my philosophy on the middle east, and how the war made me (my character feel). This doesn't leave me time to think about the people in the audience, and it also betters my character.
Have an amazing time...theater is gift that you get once per show, so enjoy it while you have it! I'll be sending "good luck" vibes in your direction!

best of luck than

take care lol

Hey friend...

...If you know all your lines and your character(which you're going to play) then there is no such problem...You can do it nice....i advice you(what i do always when i'm going to perform) i always close my eyes and imagine that the whole crowd is clapping for me and i played my role in the performance at the best...my mom,dad and friends are congratulating me...they all are happy...

I just imagine all these things before 1 hour of the performance and the things boost me up a lot...While imagining...I imagine myself performing the character....and till i know the script i imagine myself....as soon as i forget something...I refer to the script..and so,this leads me to concentrate on the play....

Best Of Luck Friend....
Have an Amazing Performance....

You practice your lines to get everything perfect. Very few people will actually know if you mess something up so go out there and do your thing. Noone is perfect on stage so do your best and know that all the hard work you ahve put into it will pay off in the end. Just have fun!!

Good Luck!
I love performances. Nervousness is all part of them. But when you're on stage, don't worry, it's like you automatically relax and something in your body just makes you Do It.
So chillllll for now - when the time comes, take deep, systematic breaths, crack a joke, or read a book or something that will take your mind off till you're on stage. When you're called - you'll just jump up, and you won't have THAT much time to be nervous.

Trust me - when you're on stage, your nervousness just magically disappears and you enjoy yourself If you enjoy yourself and convey well to the audience, they'll enjoy you too

Hmm... So Break A Leg! =D

don't think about the crowd and all the people watching, just think about making a good performance

hmmm...see i m no proffesional but i do hv a fair experince of stage...even at international levels..we follow the same trick...
if it is a competetion..avoid seeing other performances before u
if its just in school...THINK U ARE THE QUEEN..thnk all watchn you are commoners and are here jst because of you...
NEVER THNK NEGATIVR..OF WAT WILL HAPPN IF I FORGET MY LINES...

see once we wr in this huge play of 40 characters and suddenly our collor mikes stopped working...BUT we didnt stop..all thnks to our senior who jst went a little in frnt of the stage and jst STRTED MAKING UP DIOALOUGES TILL EVERY ONE OF US GOT BCK TO EASE....

poor bhaiya had to shout a lot...bt still he saved the day...

just be clam and be yourself. tried to picture someone that adore you or inspire you watching you with love and joy. some what cheers you even if yo mess up. someone like a boyfriend or an Idol or a celebrity that inspire you and don't think that you gonna screw up. just get up there and give it all you got and take everything that has nothing to do with your performance tomorrow out of your mind. good luck and I hope you do good, I know you'll do good.

Break a leg, first of all, it'll go smashing.

What I did in high school plays was pick 1 person in the audience and pretend she was the only person watching. One person was less intimidating to me than 200. Might work for you?

Deep slow breathing. When I first played to an audience I was soo nervous but as soon as we got playing it all went. As soon as you get on stage you'll be in character, be that person and you'll be O.K. Trust me. Go for it.

If you know your lines and blocking, than there is absolutely no reason to be nervous. Just focus on giving the audience a good show and remind yourself that if you let yourself be nervous, it will ruin your performance. Take deep,slow breaths before you go on stage and dont think of the people, it helps to really get into the character. from the time you walk on stage, you ARE your character, not just someone acting like it on stage. if you do this, the audience will suddenly seem to vanish.

OR
EHSI CAN'T GIVE YOU ANSWERS LIKE "PICTURE EVERYBODY NAKED" -THE SENSE OF MORALITY AROUND HERE GOT A LITTLE AFFECTED BY THE COLD WEATHER WE HAVE AROUND HERE RIGHT NOW-SO I'LL DO THE BEST NEXT THING , PICTURE EVERYBODY CONCERN FOR THE STATUS OF THEIR CLOTHES THAT THEY LEFT IN THE WASHING MACHINE AT HOME.
OR
WHAT WHERE THE NEWS YESTERDAY, WHAT ABOUT THE STOCK MARKET , DOWN JONES...?
WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO TAKE A TRIP IN THE SPACE SHORTLY...?
THings SEEMINGLY ENRIQUE'S, A LITTLE FUNNY, BUT NOT SO FAR OF TO MAKE YOU FORGET ABOUT YOUR LINES ...

Just remember to keep on going no matter who blows their lines (even you) or misses their que. Get plenty of rest beforehand. Do something you enoy that has nothing to do with show biz and let your fans here know how you did. We know you'll steal the show!

just relax and stay calm!!!!! make sure you no all ur lines and do something to calm u down like txt ur firends or something write b4 the show
have ur bf come and txt him 2
GOOD LUCK!
ull do fine!
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