Tuesday 11th January

Today we were working on different theatre techniques to put in our theatre in education performance. First we looked at a “sound scape,” this is when sound is created using the human body. We sat in a circle and Miss Woffinden told us to copy her, she started by rubbing her hands together, the sound got louder as more and more people joined in. Once the sound reached the begging, Miss Woffinden then started to slap her knees again the sound got louder as people joined in. The sound continued to get louder as the pattern when around the circle again. Once the sound reached Miss Woffinden she started to reverse the pattern. I think this was very effective; it reminded me of rain beating down on the trees in a forest. We repeated the pattern again but this time, we added different sound. People started making different animal noises (noises like monkeys, jaguars and parrots.)

 Then we started working on conscience alley. This is when a person’s thoughts/feelings are spoken to them by someone else. For example anorexia could be portrayed by an anorexic girl, walking down stage whilst her family and friends tell her the dangers of being anorexic. Or they could be on her side, telling her why she should stay anorexic. I think this is a very powerful technique to use in our Theatre in Education and I think we should plan to use it in our performance.