What do you do if you forget your line?

One of our favourite aspects of the shows we do here at DuffleBag Theatre is the fact they’re part scripted and part improvised. That means we’re all rehearsed for a scripted show that tells the story from beginning to end but there’s room to “improvise”, meaning, make things up on the spot, throughout. So if we do happen to forget a line, we’re trained and used to going with the flow and thinking of another line to fill its place in the moment. Some of the funniest moments and lines can come out of those times and can actually end up added to the actual script for future shows! So if you ever forget a line in a show or in life, don’t panic. Just do what you can to stay in the moment and come up with something to say. You never know, it might be even better than what was there before!

Do you always play the same parts?

At DuffleBag Theatre we love to shake things up and keep it interesting! So we’re big fans of switching up the roles we play in each show. Every actor in DuffleBag gets trained to play just about every DuffleBag role so you could see the same show a dozen times and it would be different every time as different combinations of DuffleBag actors would swap in and out. Everyone has their own slightly different take on each role so it keeps things interesting and keeps us all on our toes!

How hard is it playing so many characters?

We got this very smart question in a couple of schools recently so today we’re answering it! In DuffleBag we’re always playing characters completely different than our everyday selves. In any given show we could end up playing an old lady, a little boy, a ghost, a villain, or even a tree. But we don’t find doing so weird at all. In fact, it’s a ton of fun! That’s the cool thing about theatre — you get to take on all kinds of roles you might not get to play in real life. We use our creativity to create characters totally different than ourselves, using different voices, physicality, and costumes, and then we count on our audiences to use their imaginations to see us as those characters. So thanks to you we get to play all kinds of fun roles that are completely different than ourselves — and that’s pretty awesome!

How old are you?

Today we’re answering the question: The cool thing about acting and being in theatre is you can do it at any age. The youngest member of DuffleBag Theatre is 21 and the oldest is 54! Most of us started putting on performances and acting in school plays back in elementary school — and we hope to keep doing so until we’re old and grey. Acting is fun and worth doing no matter what your age! P.S. If there is a question you would like answered, don’t hesitate to ask us in the comment section below. Likely there are many others who would like to hear the answer too so you’ll be doing everyone a favour!