In the lesson today our class focused on physical theatre rather than normal theatre. Through out the lesson we were told that by simply adding body movement to a scene can enhance it in a good way. We put this effect into practice by describing tale 8 from the East End Tales script in an abstract way. This meant that instead of using the normal bases of a scene such as having a conversation, we had to use the environment and different sounds to show the audience what was happening. Furthermore, we were told to try and not use our voices to talk, however, this didn't mean we couldn't make sound effects with them. Some examples of the sounds and environment could be a smack to the ground to indicate lighting or thunder.
After seeing the variety of performances we decided to use the skills we learned and construct a scene from the play using normal theatre. To our my group of five we made an interior and exterior piece to analyse our character, of which was an old women in a pub who accidentally spills her cup of coffee on her "son". Here is a picture of what the picture would have looked like.
As you can see we composed a lot of ideas about the character. Most of them were feelings that we thought the character had on the inside and what people thought they looked like from the outside. Some examples were: Broken, Defeated, Given up and Friendly.
In conclusion, I learned a lot about physical theatre
and how if you use your body in specific feelings such as sadness you can definitely perform at a higher level. Furthermore, if you plan out the character before performing you can create more ideas behind it and get and overall better scene.
Chris Miltiadou JRS
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