Colour of Nonsense Reviewed
Forkbeard Fantasy - The Colour Of Nonsense On the 25th November 2009 our drama group saw the play The Colour Of Nonsense, in the North Wall professional theatre in Summertown, Oxford. It was a production performed by an independent theatre company. The genre of the piece was slapstick comedy, and set in an office in a city. There were five main characters: Splash, Line, Scuro, Angstrom and Hermione. Although the once famous artistic trio (Splash, Line and Scuro) have two pets; a fly called Cedric and a parrot called dolly. The set was very messy and contained many hidden meanings, on the stage left there were lots of pieces of paper and scraps, on them were drawings, this could signify that the trio were now failed and they had run out of original ideas Scuro was the main cartoonist and it seemed as if the other two had given up, Line was threatening to join another artist and this shows that he had realized that they were failing. The stage also had a shelf of paints, but they were to my surprise ordered, this could show that they hadn't been used for a while because in my view an artist regularly using the paints would be rather messy (like Scuro is with his drawings). At the back of the stage was a trolley, it had a jar which contained some tulips, but in the play the tulips are called The Aphids. Splash is in my opinion what the play revolves around, he owns The Aphids
La Amistad
Amistad During the 1830s and 1840s, racial discrimination against the African- American race was frequent and greatly devastating. At this time acts of discrimination against African Americans included racial segregation, black suffrage, denial of economic opportunity or resources and private and mass acts of violence. Blacks were not thought of as being equal to whites and so were not given the freedoms they deserved. They were regarded as property rather than individuals with rights. The movie "Amistad" is a compelling historical courtroom drama that sheds light on an overlooked period in American history between the Declaration of Independence and the American Civil War. The film addresses the definition of freedom and how it varied among the different people of America during this time period, "Freedom is not given. It is our right at birth. But there are some moments when it must be taken." In two hour, the film captures the general plight of the African people taken from their homes and forced into a life of slavery that was unfortunately common during this time. It is the true story of a little-known armed insurrection carried out by 53 heroic Africans against their slave masters on July 1, 1839. The film begins with the main character Cinque escaping from the shackles restraining him on the slave ship called, La Amistad (which is Spanish for 'friendship'). Along with
Warhorse and Mugged
Comparing and Contrasting 'Mugged' and 'Warhorse.' The practical work I will discuss was for Option Two: 'Acting'. We performed a play called 'Mugged', by Andrew Pane and also went to see 'Warhorse', by Michael Morpurgo at the National Theatre. 'Mugged' is about a group of teenagers who face the same dilemma each day: taking a shortcut to school, but having to face a gang of muggers. Eventually one of the kids is stabbed to death for trying to retrieve a friend's mobile phone. On the other hand, Warhorse is about a horse (Joey), who's very dear to young Albert, at the outbreak of World War One, and is sold to the cavalry and therefore shipped to France. After a very long period of time and struggle, Albert finally manages to find Joey. My contribution to the performance of 'Mugged' was as an actor. I played the role of Taylor who is meant to be bigger, better dressed and full of himself. 'Mugged' was written in 2005 and first performed at The National Theatre, 'Warhorse' on the other hand, was first written as a children's novel in 1982 and later adapted to a stage play in 2007. 'Mugged' is set in the present day- any generation to come would be able to relate with an aspect of the play. 'Warhorse', however, is set in between 1914 and 1918 and therefore no-one would be able to relate to it directly- although, audiences would definitely understand the struggles and hardships
Jane Eyre is written from the first person standpoint. How does this affect our judgement of the protagonist Jane?
Jane Eyre is written from the first person standpoint. How does this affect our judgement of the protagonist Jane? Jane Eyre is narrated by its title character and so presents us with a story from a sole point of view. When the novel was first published it included the subtitle, 'An Autobiography,' thereby drawing further attention to its narration by one person very much involved with the story to be told. The nature of the narrator and their relationship with the reader has a great effect on how we judge their character, and Jane Eyre is no exception. Jane Eyre provides us with a narration of events and dialogue, as well as an account of her thoughts and feelings. The novel can be classified as a bildungsroman, as it charts the growth of Jane from a child into a young woman. This particular genre of the novel capitalises on the first person narrator and as a result creates a story that is extremely sympathetic to the plight of the protagonist. As a child at the very beginning of the novel, Jane utters to herself the words 'Unjust! - unjust!' (p17) and it is impossible for the reader not to constantly recall these words as Jane suffers at the hands of her cousins and later at Lowood School. By reading an account from a first person narrator we are privy to not just a narration of events, but also of internalised emotions. In this respect, it is often easy for this
Comparing Dream Jobs And The Presure Cook
I have been studying two plays. These are The Pressure cooker and Dream Jobs. The Pressure Cooker is written by Steve Skidmore and Steve Barlow and Dream Jobs is written by Graham Jones. Dream Jobs was set in 1979 were as The Pressure Cooker is a contempary play. Both the plays are set in non-specific locations in England. They are both set in comprehensive schools, but one scene in The Pressure Cooker is set in a house. In both plays most of the characters are of the same age. They are teenagers. There was only one character that wasn't a teenager and that was Andrea's mother in The Pressure Cooker. She is in her late thirty's, early forty's. Most of the characters in The Pressure Cooker are aiming quite high in life. Andrea wants to do well in life and go to Drama College. Graham couldn't care less about his future and wants to go on the dole. Dawn wants to do well as well. The girls in Dream Jobs are ambitious but will not fulfil their dreams. In both plays it talked about relationships. In The Pressure Cooker communication is strained in Andrea's house, she lives with her mother and brother, though because she is not close to them she has not got a good relationship with her family, even though her mother cares about her and her future as she wants her to do well like her brother. We know that she is not close to her mum as in the script she is
woman in black essay
Our GCSE Drama group went to see 'The Woman In Black' at the Fortune Theatre, London on the 24th March 2009. The play is written by Stephen Mallatratt and the performance was put on by PW Productions. It is set in the early 20th century, on the eerie marshes of the east coast. Basic Plot The main concept that the audience have to immediately realise, is that 'The Woman In Black' is a play within a play, so there are only two actors: Arthur Kipps, played by Andrew Jarvis and a young actor who is not given a name, played by Timothy Watson. As the play begins, the audience learn that Mr Kipps is a troubled, old man who has had to deal with a terrifying experience which he cannot forget. He believes that if he can tell his family the story, it will be laid to rest. Mr Kipps hires a small, forgotten theatre in which to tell his story, as well as a young actor to help him in how to tell it. However, it soon becomes clear that Mr Kipps has never acted before, so in order to tell the story, the young actor and Mr Kipps switch roles. Mr Kipps uses multirole to play all the different characters he has met. This is essential because he is the one that has actually met them, so can portray their behaviour accurately. Multirole is a method created by Bertolt Brecht which enables the actor to detach themselves from the play and the character. It is important in The Woman In Black,
Essay on a production of Brecht's "Mother Courage" .
Evaluation For The Courage Project The play Mother courage is written by Bertolt Brecht in 1930, it was written in German. He was a German poet, play writer and theatre director. He had created nine play, they are mostly at the darker side. They were mainly focused on family, wars and realistic. He wants the audience to think. He had created the play Mother Courage to express himself during World War II; his life was pretty much about war all the time and he was always in the middle of the wars. He probably has no one single good thought about wars, so he always writes about the darker side. Mother Courage was one of the plays that were written in an attempt to counter the raise of Fascisms and Nazism. The musicians were placed in view of the audience so that they could be seen. The audience was focused on issue being displayed rather then the characters and emotions. He made some weird things in between scenes to make audience remember that they are watching a play. He made characters talking to the audience, change costumes and unique acting. He was trying to show how bad war is, and why he believe what he believes. My first impression to Mother courage was it is dark, sad and depressing. The actors broke the fourth wall to communicate with the audience, to let them 'be' in the play, to feel it, to remember it. Music had been used in the play, it was some kind of sad
Nostalgia Review
Nostalgia Review By Emma Antonelli On the 18th February 2009, several lucky year 11 drama students at Santa Maria College saw Nostalgia by Ishinha at the Perth Convention Exhibition Centre. This play extended for 2 hours, which was a reasonable time frame for such an astounding performance. Prior to the performance, I had very low expectations for the play because I assumed I wouldn't understand the plot, for the dialogue is in Japanese. However, the performance definitely exceeded my expectations because I understood the plot through the non-verbal communication and greatly appreciated this. The performance put aside, the audience was disappointing because I was forced to mix with people I would not normally mix with, and these people carried out rude habits, such as eating and talking during the performance. Nevertheless, the play was that brilliant that I didn't notice this often. Nostalgia is a play about Japanese immigrants migrating to Brazil in 1908. It is the story of Noichi, who wonders around the world, falling in love with Ann along the way. Ann, Noichi, and their new companion, Chikino, wander throughout South America. Unfortunately, they get separated because of racism and struggle to find each other again. Along with racism, Nostalgia faces such issues as friendship, immigration, and discrimination. The dramatic form of Nostalgia is non-realism because of
Review: The Comedy of Errors Maynardville production.
A Comic Night of Errors. Review: The Comedy of Errors Maynardville. On the 6th of January I set out to watch my last Maynardville Shakespeare play as a St Cyprian's girl. Instead of the usual corsets, old English and dated Shakespeare productions Matthew Wild managed to breathe life into Shakespeare's Comedy Of Errors by setting it around the 1970s Kung FU The play is based around the story of family who are separated in a shipwreck. The family consists of Egeon, his wife, their twin boys and their sons twin servants. During the split each parent gained one of their twin sons and one of the twin attendants. Many years they are reunited but this is not without confusion as the locals mistake the twins for one another. The use of costume is a key part of this play. Both sets of twin wear the exact same outfit with a small difference. The Antipholous's don yellow tracksuits, which look straight out of the 70s. Both Dromio's don suits that seem very similar Mario, of the Super Mario Bros game fame, although a different colour hat sets them apart. The use of costume to link the actors to the set design and to add to the humor of the play really helps the audience engage more with the play. Rob Van Vuuren portrayal of Dromio had the audience members in stitches. The role was perfect for him especially given his physical theatre background. Van Vuuren brought life to the
Myface Review
Myface Review Before the play began, action was taking place on stage. A gorilla sat centre stage of a proscenium arch, typing on a computer, there was fast, upbeat pop music playing and the whole of the stage was lit up the lights and music slowly faded, the curtain opened onto two characters stood by tables and six other characters were sat in a neutral position on top of their tables, the tables were arranged in an arrow head the backdrop was of the cast in the form of caricature. The gorilla stands up and walks upstage and sits on top of its table. Marc takes the gorilla's former position, he is lit with a spotlight, one other character onstage is lit, and there is a brief still image before Susie starts to speak, she breaks the fourth wall and is forming of the plot, and this is narrating. Marc then takes over role of narrator and continues to tell the audience all about the social networking site "Myface" and the person who owns and created it. Marc and Susie start to have a conversation on their computers, they mime typing on a computer keyboard, but also speak the words their typing. They are both lit and but the rest of the cast are in darkness. Marc then once again breaks the fourth wall, he pulls down his computer screen and asks the question "what the is a terrapin?" Susie then introduces her next Myface friend Lou. Lou is dressed in a gorilla costume; she breaks
