WHAT IS THEATRE?

CONTEMPORARY THEATRE IN PEROFoRMANCE

FINAL THOUGHTS

  1. ONE THING THAT I LEARNT?

One thing I learnt from this workshop was how quickly a children’s behaviour can change in an instant. One moment a child can be running around excited, and literally a second later they’ll be lying on the floor tired or bored.…

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HOW MUCH DID WE SHOW, TEACH, TELL, INSTRUCT? HOW MUCH DID WE INSIGHT, EMPOWER, LISTEN, GIVE SPACE TO?

Before I answer these questions I think that it is important to mention that a balance between these two questions is what is best in a workshop, especially when working with younger children. If I were to go into a class not doing any showing or telling…

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Edgar the elephant
Edgar the elephantView Post

Edgar the elephant

Edgar the elephant

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Phillipé the frog

Phillipé the frog

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Millie the mouse
Millie the mouseView Post

Millie the mouse

Millie the mouse

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Louie the lion
Louie the lionView Post

Louie the lion

Louie the lion

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REHEARSAL LOG: 9TH MARCH 2013

REHEARSAL LOG: 9TH MARCH 2013

Today we were able to get into UT.112, it was great to start running the scenes in a bigger space, and it allowed us to really work on the physicality of the second scene.  We have worked slightly less on the second scene, mainly focusing on the first…

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UNIT: ANGELS IN AMERICA (PERESTROIKA), ACT 3 SCENE 4 (LOUIS)

UNIT: ANGELS IN AMERICA (PERESTROIKA), ACT 3 SCENE 4 (LOUIS)

UNIT DESCRIPTION WANT/ OBJECTION EMOTION (within unit) Emotional Parallel / substitution. Tactics / physical behaviours Fun To cover up what he is really feeling. Looks happy but is really hiding that he wants to go back to Prior. Trying to cover-up…

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REHEARSAL JOURNAL: Friday 14th April 2013

As of the week before Easter, our scenes were fully blocked. However, we now just have to ensure that our lines are spot on, and the movement is spot on (specifically the fighting in the second of our scenes).

We started this rehearsal by going over our…

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FINAL PROJECT WEEK 2: EXERCISES

This week we decided that our workshop would be about animals. As part of our in-character facilitation, we would play the roles of different animals. I am an elephant, Chess is a mouse, Beau is a lion, and Ben is a frog.  The workshop would then contain…

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