I really enjoyed watching Urinetown, and it has given me a lot of inspiration, from acting and devising moments to the design of the lighting and set. For me, the most notable thing about the play is that it is very inspired by Brecht. There are a lot of moments where we are broken out […]
Theatre
CP Theatre maker intention
Our aim was to symbolise the prevalence of pessimism and cynicism in society. With our easy access to information nowadays, lots of bad news to be spread easily, such as refugee issues, climate change and discrimination, meaning the positive things in life are often overshadowed. We wanted to demonstrate that despite this, hope and optimism […]
Emily of Emerald Hill Journal
Picture of the set before the show started – the doors in the middle of the stage were where Emily entered Link to website: https://www.wildrice.com.sg/productions/60-emily-of-emerald-hill Over the weekend I went to see Emily of Emerald Hill by Wild Rice, which was a one-man show about a Peranakan woman set in the 1950s. I took notes […]
Antonin Artaud Journal
This lesson we learned about a theatre practitioner called Antonin Artaud. He created an extremely unique type of theatre, that aims to scare or shock the audience instead of causing delight or telling a nice story, called “theatre of cruelty”. The topics of his plays were also extremely heavy, and he used gesture, image, sound […]
Red Leap Theatre Workshop Reflection: Lesson 3
This lesson was the last lesson with Red Leap, and we started off doing a similar thing as we did in the first lesson. Instead of creating our daily routine in different movements, we had to express certain emotions or feelings in a movement. Later, we brought them to life by adding something to each […]
Red Leap Theatre Workshop Reflection: Lesson 2
Key learning: This lesson, I really enjoyed how we learnt about counter-balance and lifting other people’s weight or being supported by other people. We had to really step outside our comfort zone when starting off working on counter-balance, as it meant we had to trust everyone in the room to hold us up and not […]
Red Leap Theatre Workshop Reflection: Lesson 1
Key learning: One really interesting thing I discovered is how important it is to just start “doing” when devising. Instead of standing around talking or thinking, it can be really effective to just dive in headfirst. In the excerise we did about our morning routine, we were forced to immediately start coming up with actions. […]