Video and recorded extracts from rehearsals in Amphitheater three weeks prior to performance

Recorded extracts from Video of rehearsals in Amphitheater three weeks prior to performance

Short interview during rehearsals in Amphitheater

Teacher: The question is…

Guest teacher: How was your experience?

Teacher: So far…

George: Majestic!

E1: Majestic! It was wonderful!

M1: Wonderful!

E2: Fabulous!

M2: It’s great!

Teacher: What about your experience as… I mean, would you consider this a lesson to learn 
English?

E2: Yes! Why not?

E1: Actually, some of us have the Proficiency.

Teacher: It doesn’t really matter because you actually got to practise.

E1: Yeah!

M1: Yeah…

Teacher: So, do you think that you might have…

G: …learnt…

Teacher: … expanded your level of English just a bit?

M1: No.

CK.: Yeah. We learnt a lot of slang!

Teacher: A lot of slang!

CK.: American slang!

Teacher: The orphans’ 1920 slang!

A: Pronunciation of words.

Teacher: Fine. Excellent! So, you are keeping that one, right?

E2: And to express ourselves in English.

Teacher: To express yourselves in English, right! And, actually, to correct a few mistakes you made.

G: To learn new expressions.

Teacher: Excellent! Fine… like ‘spend the evenings in the shanties’… So, anything else you want to 
share with us?...

G: … Annie was great!

…

Teacher: … Anyone else would like to say anything else?

G: Thank you for the opportunity!

Teacher: Oh! Thank YOU! Really! Thank you for… Thank you!

…

Teacher: And how do you feel that we are having the performance in three weeks? Any anxieties? Any…?

M1: No!

E2: No. We are optimistic.

M2: We are the best!

Teacher: You are optimistic because you are actually ready!...