Contemporary Australian Theatre Deconstruction; a Beautiful Life by Michael Futcher and Helen Howard

In the history of Australia, there are a variety of people in their respective areas have made outstanding achievements, made a contribution to the identity of Australia. Among these people, Anh Do is probably the most instructive and interesting person. As his book "happy refugees" implied, Anh experienced suffering in his early years. At the same time, he has maintained an optimistic attitude, this pain into an inspirational story, to share with you. At present, Anh has made achievements in various fields such as writers, films, television, artists, live performances and corporate speeches (Anhdo.com.au 2017). Anne 's story is sure to shape the identity of Australia. This report will analyze the achievements of Anhe and his

The text chosen for this unit id the book Refuge by prominent Australian writer Jackie French (2013). Refuge follows the story of Faris, a young refugee feeling from his homeland with his grandmother to Australia. On the dangerous boat journey from Indonesia to Australia, they encounter a terrible storm where Faris falls unconscious and wakes up living his dream life in Australia. However, he has no recollection of how he got there. Whilst on the beach, he meets a strange group of children all from different times and places. Faris soon discovers that each child is like him, a migrant who travelled to Australia searching for a better place. Each child is living in their own ‘dream’ Australia and the beach provides a sort of ‘refuge’ from reality for them. Eventually, Faris has to make the decision to either continue living in this dream land or face his reality. This book is interesting as unlike other refugee texts, this novel serves to tell the multicultural history of Australian immigration. French relays the more than 60 000 year old history of people travelling to Australia by boat and makes the statement that all immigrants and refugees need to be treated with empathy and understanding.

Go Back To Where You Came From is an Australian documentary/reality show in which participants are given the opportunity to experience what the life of refugee and asylum seeker can be like, albeit edited and packaged for an audience. During the course of the three hour long series, the six individuals not only have the chance to get under the skin of a refugee in terms of achieving a greater degree of insight into what being a refugee really means, but also to get on the viewing audiences nerves in perhaps all or any of the of the first three senses described above. Moreover the refugees participating in the series may ‘get under the skin’ of the programme participants and the

There are many different views about refugees in Australian society, where illegal boat people and over flowing detention centres are a controversial problem today. Go Back To Where You Came From is a documentary directed by Ivan O’Mahoney about a social experiment that challenges the dominant views of six Australians about refugees and asylum seekers. These six Australians are taken on a 25 day journey where they are placed into the troubled “worlds” of refugees. For a few of the Australians it is their first time overseas but, for all of them it is the most challenging and confronting experience of their lives. This essay will discuss

The Mayor of Los Angeles has challenged students to create a model of a city or public place comparable to a cell. He believes that basing the designs on a cell will help this place run smoother because cells have worked so well in humans and other living organisms. Cells are made up of organelles which each has a particular function in helping the cell thrive. Cities, schools and other public places also have parts that have individual functions, although these parts only resemble a cell when you dig deeper. My partner and I decided to create a model of a theatre called “The Thriving Theatre” using this theory.

My first reaction to this paper was interest to read what Aaron wrote about the Fiske Theatre because I am also familiar with this theatre and liked to read how he viewed it.

They grab your attention right off the back asking the questions everyone has or by openly stating what majority of people are scared to open state worried or scared of the publicity they’ll receive for stating their said opinion. The two of them throughout the article were able to capture hope, as an aspect of things changing and giving the refugees a chance in a way benefitting the morality of the reader no matter your nationality. They also are able to show how refugees are treated for example Brad Evans states” Hannah Arendt once used the term “worldlessness” to define those conditions where a person doesn’t belong to a world in which they matter as human beings. This seems to be equally resonant in describing the plight of contemporary refugees.”. This shows how refugees feel like people don't want them around, they feel in a way homeless and or unwanted by anyone as they struggle to find refuge but nobody is accepting them. This allows the authors to also pinpoint love as it almost shows that refugees are not treated fair nor shown love by government of places they are fleeing from in hope of sanctuary. They were able to nail this rhetorical appeal on the head with little to no

Eden Court theatre is a late modernist building that adjoins onto an existing 19th century Episcopal Palace, situated on the beautiful banks of the river Ness. This public realm consists of a multifunctional auditorium, public restaurant, open foyer/bar space and backstage services. It became the largest venue in the region to accommodate for all types of performing arts from opera to popular music, concerts, ballet, modern dance, drama and films.

In theatre a director has to take on responsibilities such as choosing a script, the spine of the play, the style of the production, and the director concept. One year in my high school theatre class, for our 50th anniversary of our school, our director selected a minimum of five plays and five students could volunteer to assist in directing selected scenes from the five plays to produce for our semester production. Our main director had the job of choosing the script and the spine of the play but responsibility of the style of the production and the directorial concept was all on the students. The remainder of the class was placed with one of the five students to help with that production. People fail to realize how much responsibility of the production is put on a director until they are put in charge.

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,

Robert Benigni’s film, Life is Beautiful, is about a man who starts a family with a young woman and later finds himself struggling with the woes of the Holocaust. Benigni suggests that happiness is the key to coping with hard times.

The Academy Award winning film, Life is Beautiful, tells the story of Guido--a Jewish man living in 1930’s Italy as World War II begins. After courting his future wife and having a child just five years later, Guido and his family are shipped off to a concentration camp. Inspite of the film’s setting and circumstances, Life is Beautiful is a comedy. This is mainly due to the comedic relief from Guido as the viewer joins him on his journey from a bookstore owner to a prisoner. The comedy begins right off the bat.

Drama is one of the most intriguing forms of literature. Unlike typical literature, drama is put into the form of a script in which actors must take the roles of the characters and act out their given dialogue in front of an audience. Drama is particularly composed of dialogue, the lines spoken by the characters, stage directions, the actions in which the actor must take, and scenes, the events of each play which are acted out. Plays do not typically contain narrators that tell the story. Instead the actors depict the characters within a story and present it to an audience. Dramatic theater, presumably started within ancient Greece, where the citizens performed presentations as a devotion to religious gods or to “mark the coming of spring.”

The theatre is a wonderful place to go and relax with friends, family, or by yourself. I am delighted that you decided to watch The How and the Why. This play is modern, and it is very different from other plays. The How and the Why involves feminism, science, and a lot of dramatic scenes. In addition, it is a very surprising and touching play that relates to everyone’s life.

     There have been many dramatic plays over the centuries. Many of these plays have died in their time, while others have lived on. What makes these plays endure time and continue to be influential over time? Perhaps it is the storyline or the interesting nature of the play is what makes these dramas last. I think that it is the focus on human nature and its essential truths that keep these plays alive. Most of the plays, still enacted in theaters today, deal with social issues that people can learn from and relate to.