Tuesday 18th January

Today we looked at the use of Forum theatre and how we could use it in our Theatre in Education performance. Forum theatre is when the actors/actress’s involve the audience in the theatre by asking them what they would do in the situation. We split off in to our groups and discussed when we could use forum theatre. We decided to use it when the two children find out that the mother was anorexic, we all agreed this would be the best place to put it as people may have a different opinion and would look at the issue in a different matter.

We then performed our forum theatre to the rest of the class and asked them to get involved with the theatre. At first it was very difficult because the audience didn’t want to participate, but once one person performed it made the atmosphere more relaxed and more people wanted to join in. I think in our performance we need to create a relaxed environment, this will help people to join in and not feel silly or be embarrassed.