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Directing inspired by performances
Recently I went to see ‘The Roof’ at the National Theatre directed by David Rosenberg and Frauke Requardt. As an audience member you are donned with head phones, and the show is 3D visual and sound...
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Inspired by what we SEE and HEAR
‘The Roof’ National Theatre Recently I went to the theatre and was given headphones to wear and was ushered into an outdoor space where the audience was in the centre with an elevated set all around...
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Now that the new course has started there is a focus on students being able to research and apply the methodologies of a theatre theorist. This blog will focus on what I have been doing with my...
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When you start to look for resources to be working on Theorist for inspiration for the Solo Performance, or for use in your own devised pieces, then a good place to start for inspiration by watching...
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Design and devising ideas
Very soon you will be working on your PPP or starting to try out ideas for a collaborative project. Both of these tasks require you to CREATE from a stimulus and have original ideas. The most...
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At the moment in my classes we are working on devising skills and have been working with Laban technique, Butoh, Suzuki and researching some devising theatre companies. I am sure that in your classes...
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Working with Shadow Theatre
Shadow Theatre Shadow Theatre https://fadiskeiker.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/dsc_0026.jpg With my students in class recently we started working on Wayang Kulit, and as an introduction we looked at...
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PPP tips and advice
An inspiring artistic vision This week my students started working on their Practical Performance Proposal. Of course, we have done many practices in the past and have also carried out a lot of...
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The Director’s notebook – some ideas
In the last few weeks of the IB course at my school I thought it would be a good idea to work with the director’s notebook for next year. So, this is what we did: Love and information image Stage 1 –...
View ArticleSome plays to play with
In the last 6 weeks of the school semester I thought it would be fun and challenging for my classes to play around with some complete play texts and decide on the staging and ensemble building process....
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Starting points
The last few weeks I have been running intensive classes for students in devising theatre. The ideas I share with you may help you when you start working on your collaborative project. We spent 12...
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God Out of the Machine – Theatrical Literary Devices
God out of the machine This week I have been training teachers in Category 1 IB Theatre in Singapore, and one thing that came up when we were looking at the Director’s notebook, is that the students do...
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Did you make an impact?
An uplifted audience Recently I was working with IB Theatre students in London at an ISTA London TaPS event. We were working on the Collaborative Project and Solo Theatre Piece and playing around with...
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Recording audience response
Last week I was training teachers in London, and I wanted to run a session on how to physically reflect on a performance. I had been working with students the week before on Laban routes and creating a...
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Opening a door to the other-worldly
Some of you many already know that I have been learning Kathakali on and off for about 10 years. This blog is going to document my journey from when I started Kathakali to when I was recently...
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Being Krishna
This blog will document the four days that I spent getting ready for my Arangettam performance, in the role of Krishna to open the Diwali celebrations on Tuesday 10 November at the Gopalakrishna...
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Ways into collaboration
Last week I was working in Istanbul at a High School ISTA festival and then as an Artist in Residence at Uskudar schools. While I was at the schools I worked with teachers and students to create...
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Topeng – masked drama from Java
Topeng masks of a hero and a heroine Last weekend I was training teachers in Dubai, and we were focusing on unfamiliar world theatre practices. One of the practices that we explored was the masked...
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How to spark ideas in devising
The other day I was working with a group of adults, where we were all starting to devise from a starting point. They ways in we used could be used by anyone that is starting to create original theatre,...
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Research Presentation – The QUIZ
Hello IB Theatre students, So, do you think you know all about the IB Theatre course and what is expected of you for the Research Presentation? Do this short quiz below and find out how much you really...
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