What devising skills did we discuss today?
The devising skills we looked at today were the different ways of attracting the attention of a certain audience, in this case it would be children between 2 to 5. We also explored how we used improvisation and physical theatre to make everything bold and interesting to an audience.
Which of these skills are you most confident in using?
I am very confident with physical theatre and working in groups devising pieces which would be very interesting for an audience to watch. However, I feel a bit restricted by the task of coming up with a piece for kids who find it hard to understand and stay interested in what is happening in the scene. On the other hand, I know it would somehow be easier during the process knowing that I will get the help of others.
Children's Theatre
Why is theatre for children so valuable?
Theatre for children is very valuable because it is first of all one of the most influential things that children can witness. Secondly, it encourages kids of the world to be better people and helps them understand the world from a much more positive perspective.
The Unicorn theatre
'The Unicorn Theatre is the UK's leading professional theatre for young audiences, dedicated to inspiring and invigorating young people of all ages, perspectives and abilities, and empowering them to explore the world- on their own terms- through theatre.'
Events on
-The beauty of decay
-One little word
-The polar bears go up
The Polka Theatre
The Polka Theatre is a theatre that is dedicated to producing and presenting work for young audiences.
Events on
-Dot, Squiggle and Rest
-Gorilla
-What To Do When You Find A Dinosaur
Since their performances are free/ cheap we can attend a show and gain knowledge or ideas of how to devise a piece of theatre directed to a certain age group.
Log Questions
What activities did we do today?
We read through the book by Dallas Clayton 'An Awesome Book'. This book is the basis of the whole performance/ pieces for all strands. Each class/ strand were allocated a set of pages from the book. Then we discussed the possible messages the book was trying to tell us. This helped a lot because during the time we are creating our piece it will reflect our interpretation of the book and show the message Clayton is trying to portray in his writing. Later we went into groups and came up with short performances which is going to be developed and turned into our piece of the show.
What ideas did you/ your group come up with?
In my group, we thought it would be interesting if we based our performance on dreamer ( who we portrayed as childish superheroes) verses non dreamers ( who were normal, boring worksmen) the dreamers challenged the people who couldn't dream into imagining they were something crazy and exciting, therefore embracing their inner childhood.
Why have you chosen some of these ideas to develop further?
We decided to use physical theatre to hypobolically show a boring businessman's routine on repeat to create an effect on the audience and show the contrast between a stereotypical adult life to a child's image of life and the world. Just to put out there as well, with the physical theatre it will make it bold, exciting and easier for children at a young age to understand. Of course with the help of the whole class.
Why did you reject some ideas?
We were discussing the concept of our short performance and at first thought it would be good to have the non dreamers turn into monsters, but later decided it would not be age appropriate so changed it to a lighter outcome.
What performance skills are you using? Why are these suitable for your audience?
We put in physical theatre, rhyming and music to make it more engaging to the audience and fun. Children generally have a low attention span so it was good idea to put that in so they have something they can draw their full attention to. With the ryming and music it allows us to entertain the children and help them remember simple things that can later influence them (positively) in life.
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