Theatre and Development: Opportunities and Challenges in a Developing World Theatre. National Development. Theatre for Development. Theatre and Development ABSTRACT This paper is an attempt at espousing the pertinence of theatre in national development‚ especially in a developing African nation-state like Nigeria. In doing this‚ the paper identifies and discusses the exploitable opportunities that go along with the deployment of theatre in enhancing national development. The paper concludes that
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Theatre Performance Analysis Last week‚ I attended a stage performance of Shakespeare’s timeless and tragic play Romeo & Juliet at Dunstan Playhouse‚ Adelaide. It was an adaptation by Geordie Brookman (also the director) and Nicki Bloom. The cast had only six performers and they were required to occasionally switch characters. The run-time was 140 minutes. The purpose of this paper is to conduct a performance analysis on the use of body and voice of individual performers and overall group work
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The sound of excitement was what I heard when I walked in. The sound of proud parents praising their children in the play‚ the sounds of students dreading their drama ISAs‚ the sounds of rushed footsteps‚ the sounds of the crowd settling down‚ the Sound of Music in its beginning. Last Wednesday‚ January 27th‚ 2016 I made my way to the City Playhouse to see my first CHAT school play‚ and I was looking forward to see what was in store for the audience that night! From the opening of the curtains to
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The first moment of theatre I chose to stage is when Cyrano and Christian went to go see Roxane in the middle of the night.This scene prior to this moment was very important. Roxane and Christian sits outdoors and Roxanne ask Christian to tell her how much he loves her and he tries‚ but all he can say is “I love you” “I love you very much” and Roxanne gets infuriated and went inside the house. This was the closest thing to the book exemplifying some type of truth. Throughout the play‚ there has been
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Writing the Essay – Art in the World New York University Josh Goldfaden‚ lecturer Raquel Ortega Progression 2‚ Final Draft EXPOS_UA 039 4/11/2013 Escape or Escapism? “Art is not amnesia‚ and the popular idea of books as escapism‚ or diversion‚ misses altogether what art is‚” states British essayist Jeanette Winterson in her essay The Semiotics of Sex. In this statement‚ Winterson presents the idea that art should act as a window into the viewer’s internal conundrum of emotion‚ instead
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The Renaissance Theatre By Macey Colburn‚ Brendan Simpson‚ Dayana Romero and Bryan D During the late fourteenth through the early seventeenth century an awaking of the arts and learning boomed in the western world. This awaking or rebirth is known as the Renaissance. The Renaissance era was a glorious time. European politics changed dramatically there was a rise of kings and princes and merchants became key economic figures. As people started to accumulate more money they had leisure time to
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Elizabethan Theatre and its Audience Soumita Samaddar Roll: ME10 00 14 Year: M A English‚ 2nd Semester Supervisor: Prof. Tamalika Das The posthumous impact of ancient Rome has an unsurpassable influence on the historical background of Elizabethan Theatre. The defining feature of the period is the growth of a modern consciousness‚ which has another alternative name‚ ‘Early Modern’. This is not only apparent in the theatre of the late sixteenth and early seventeenth century but in present
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‘Theatre of 21st Century should be looking forward not back’ discuss this statement in relation to the play you have seen in performance with references to its original performance conditions. The experience of theatre now is comparatively new and modern to the Shakespearean theatre as theatre has changed to reflect its time period. In order to create any theatre it is vital to ‘look back’ in order to see what came before and regain some of what made theatre entertaining. However‚ it is essential
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Roman theatre began in the 4th century B.C‚ which they stole ideas from the Greeks and improved them. Roman theatre had three major influences‚ Greek drama‚ Etruscan influences and Fabula Atellana‚ this helped them create comedies and added more entertainment like acrobatics‚ fights and athletics. Just like Greek theatre‚ Roman theatre also had festivals to honor the Gods but the Romans deity was the Goddess of Love (Venus). In this paper I will describe structures of Roman theatre‚ like the size
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Can theatre enable people to tackle the oppressions to which they are subject? Compare and contrast the work and approach of two applied theatre practitioners and companies in order to explore this question. According to Oxford Dictionary Online‚ oppression is defined as ‘prolonged cruel or unjust treatment or exercise of authority’ (2014). Within theatre‚ oppression is a powerful subject to tackle. Not only it is used as the subject of many productions‚ it is also a key part of many rehearsal exercises
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