Alyson Cummins: A Theatre Review

As Joe said we going to discuss the readings upload on the course webside. In order to have a intersting discusion we will send you a sheet with question every week. They will be a guideline, so the answers have to be main ideas/facts or anothers question that you may have during the readings. Please write them and share it during the discussion.

The designers’ availability allows the play to provide admirable performance. Whatever differed in their jobs, their performance in these design worthy to admire. Also, The director was the one how encourages them to determine the precise time in the

As for the first theatre, I chose Book-It Respertory Theatre. Its location is at The Center Theatre in Seattle, Washington, and the address is 305 Harrison St, Seattle, WA 98109. They have just finished with the show “Emma”, which came from the book that Jane Austen wrote. During May, they will start with a new show called “The Brothers K”, and it is written by David James Duncan. Although I have never read this book before, the review said it’s one of the great American novel one hasn’t read. As for the current artistic director, Myra Platt, she will be leading and directing the show for “The Brothers K”. The theatre started in 1990, and it has been able to continue operating for twenty six years with the hard works of its members’.

Another really effective aspect to the performance was the use of technology, including sound effects, projections, pod casts and voice overs. The scene which stood out most for me, concerning technology would be the scene where Al is trapped in the lecture theatre. Here, he begins to look through Ruth?s belongings of books, papers and passports. While he is doing this, actions too small to be seen from the audience, a live streaming is being projected up onto the whiteboard behind to show us, as the audience, what he is looking at. Al starts to read a page from a book which has been marked down and as he starts to read a voice over starts reading the same words, quietly at first and as that gradually builds up in volume, Al?s voice decreases in volume till its just the voice over reading out the words from the book. This is one of the first links to the past, a key theme in the performance, as the voice over is the voice of G H Hardy, the great mathematician reading from his own book.

My experiences in learning over the years were very negative in K-12. When I returned to academics several years later, I assumed that school would be just as hard and boring as it was the first time I suffered through it. This time around I had a goal and a drive to succeed, so I pushed myself harder in school than I ever had to in my entire life and now I have a career that I love. I finished nursing school in May and graduated with an associate’s degree and now that I’m working as a Nurse it has sharpened my time management skills, which will come in very handy as an independent learner. The main thing that might be a challenge for me as a FlexPath learner is now I won’t have as much time between assignments, so I will have to approach my

For many years, the principle ideas for acting were established by Konstantin Stanislavski, who was a Russian actor and director. Stanislavski’s practical ideas and theories which were called his “system”, were eventually altered by those who succeeded him. When Stanislavski’s former students brought Stanislavski’s system to America, it still hadn’t been fully completed, thus it it suffered alterations in Russia. The alterations made to Stanislavski’s system were contorted by Lee Strasburg into what came to be known as “ the Method”. This altered version of Stanislavski’s system became the standard for acting around the world. Stanislavski’s methods concluded that emotion couldn’t be the foundation of a performance, but rather it was to be the outcome. “The actor must understand

Name and background of presenter. What do they do for a living? Where do they do it? What is their education and experiences? Why were they asked to present this lecture? (Approximately 350 words page).

The production designer is responsible for producing design ideas for costumes, wigs, props, special effects, make-up and graphics (AGCAS, 2013). In other words Jane is the blue print to the script.

In many historical fiction books, some events are portrayed accurately, while others are based on false information. In one historical fiction book, after the deaths of many children, people in a British kingdom are quick to blame the Jews. In order to prove the Jews innocent (so as to keep the taxes that the Jewish merchants provide), the king hires a group of detectives and doctors, including one woman, Adelia. Because she is a woman, she is forced to do her work in secrecy, so as to not invalidate her research because of women 's role in society. This shows both discrimination towards Jews, and the role of women in society, and reflects many events that did happen in history. Ariana Franklin’s The Mistress of the Art of Death accurately portrays the prejudice shown towards the Jews and the restriction of the jobs available to women during the time.

Every staging of a play is irreplaceably different and tackled in unique ways by creatives involved. Unmasking Theatre Design by Lynne Porter aims through exploration of various approaches to the creatives processes to decipher the key steps an aspiring designer can follow to create work which reaches its maximum potential. Through detailed analysis of every aspect of the design and creative processes, Porter creates a blueprint to understanding the theory behind this work and investigates different strategies and exercises that can be utilized to move passed any roadblocks that occur when you move from theory to practice. Broken down into 5 sub-sections; theatre and design,

The design team set the tone for the production. They set the lighting,costume, and sound on the stage. The design team have to get a feel of the directors vision so the actors, stage, and costumes can match the interpretation of the scene. Production teams can collect ideas; this will benefit the collaborative process. It also will provide a first impression and clear outlook to the directors vision. Example ,If the screenwriter wrote a part in a play that cause for white hair ,but the director thinks red hair will enhance the actor features then compromise. Working together,being supportive and figuring out a way to produce results because collaboration is essential for

The topic was playwrights, and Daisy asked us our favourite playwright. They were all varied, from Sophocles, to Lorca or Sarah Kane. What I learned about Sophocles from the lecture was the amount of plays he wrote (around 120), and that only 7 remain complete: Electra, Oedipus Rex, Ajax, Antigone, Philoctetes, The women of Trachis and Oedipus at Colonus, that was very interesting unknown information that I received. In addition, another interesting fact that I learned was that Sophocles introduced the third actor and the concept of Skenographia (scenery-painting). Another playwright mentioned was Tom Stoppard with plays like Arcadia or R and G are dead, crucial to make himself known. Federico Garcia Lorca was also mentioned, a Spanish playwright and poet that I already knew, but interesting to hear that other people from the seminar class share the love for him. Willy Russell with Blood Brothers, was another playwright named, it was the first time to hear it. In addition, it was the first time to hear about Arthur Miller, with plays like The Crucible, The Death of a Salesman or Tragic Hero. Samuel Becket was definitely a well-known name, and we talked about how different is Waiting for Godot. In contrast to the last statement, Alan Bennett is a playwright that I discovered in this seminar, with

The growing number of homeless Americans in the United States is concerning and depressing. The issue is people are homeless and don’t have anywhere to go. The plan to advocate for finding a solution for homeless people would be to constantly request students to be volunteers. These volunteers could work in the local soup kitchen or Salvation Army. These would only be helping temporary solutions to a long term issues. Advocating students and others to research homeless populations around them and have a encounter with a homeless person to experience.

When viewing the stage the audience can obviously tell that, while seemingly simplistic, there was a great effort put forth into the design of the production. At the play’s start we see Algernon Moncrieff (Andrew Fish) awaiting his aunt Lady Bracknell (Calin Nichols) and his cousin Gwendolyn (Roselynn Corrado) but is visited

Each week we will have an online discussion of the material assigned – text chapters, videos, audios, articles, etc. ‐‐by your instructor. These discussions are for the purpose of exploring the assignments, the ideas presented, your