stand out from the rest. The theatre department‚ overseen by Michelle Bayer‚ can be described as a whirlwind of activity‚ with 10 official productions each year. My group researched it for the education unit‚ but the majority of them were unfamiliar with the activity‚ and I felt the overall presentation was unrepresentative of what high school theatre is. It can be characterized‚ primarily‚ by an abundance of drama‚ both in the acting sense‚ and in the social sense. Theatre kids are infamous for their
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Laff It Off – Come Clean On the 1st of February 2013‚”Laff It Off” with the title of “Come Clean” was performed at the Ann Johnson Auditorium at St. Gabriel’s School at 8:00 p. m. The production was produced by Ian Estwick and directed by Cecily Spencer-Cross. The assistant director was Judy Belle and Angela Weithers managed front of house. The play opens with a usual welcome song to which after the welcome the lights go down and come back up again to a skit‚where we see Peta Alleyne
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TA – 20 – Drama Basics What is Drama? A collaborative art that represents events & situations‚ either realistic or symbolic‚ that we witness happening through the actions of actors in a play on a stage in front of a live audience. Aristotle’s Poetics The earliest-surviving work or dramatic theory & the first extant philosophical treatise to focus on literary theory. Aristotle offers an account of what he calls “poetry”. Aristotle’s Six Elements of Drama (335 B.C.E.) 1
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ever listen to me?” In the summer of 2013 I had to make a choice that would overall change my life. I was deciding wether or not I waned to go to the Egyptian Theatre to do their summer youth program. For some odd reason I had a very difficult time deciding wether or not I was actually going to do it. I kept thinking that the Egyptian theatre was out of my league and that if I did it I would just feel left out. I tossed and turned at night thinking of all of the pros and cons of doing their summer
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Theatre Evaluation- A Dolls house On the 21st of July I saw a performance of ‘A Doll’s house’ written by Herrick Ibsen in the Young Vic theatre in London‚ directed by Carrie Cracknell. The play highlights a woman’s battle with everyday life in the 1870’s (presumably.) The plays is based around the protagonist Nora’s struggle with Krogstad ‚ who threatens to tell her husband about her past crime‚ this incites Nora’s journey of self discovery provides much of the plays dramatic suspense. Nora’s primary
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question to you again and share your thoughts on Asian American Theatre and those issues you feel are important now based on our reading this week‚ your research of Asian American Theatre and the conversion with David Henry Hwang. Has your opinion changed? Why or why not? What have you learned or discovered this week that may have changed what you feel is important to the issues of the Asian American society and culture? How can Theatre/TV and Film better serve the Asian American public and those
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replica of The Globe to watch Shakespeare’s plays. This theater has a fascinating beginning‚ unusual entertainment‚ and a tragic end yet it still remains one of the most well-known theaters throughout history. Theatre‚ first playhouse in London‚ was owned by James Burbage. Before he built Theatre‚ plays had to perform in courtyards of inns‚ in the homes of noblemen‚ or just out in the open if truly desperate. Burbage had acquired a lease that allowed him to build this theater and after twenty-one years
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Price discrimination in Broadway Theatre Phillip Leslie∗ A common thread in the theory literature on price discrimination has been the ambiguous welfare effects for consumers and the rise in profit for firms‚ relative to uniform pricing. In this study I resolve the ambiguity for consumers and quantify the benefit for a firm. A model of price discrimination is described which includes both second-degree and third-degree price discrimination. The model is designed to analyze ticket sales for a Broadway
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is narrator. Certainly some of the story is told directly through the words and actions of the character‚ but there is broad use of mediation‚ as well. In this production‚ the role of narrator is one that changes regularly. Modern and postmodern theatre have long used shifting narration‚ which accepts the role of subjectivity in the narration delivered (Richardson‚ 2006). A case could be made that the primary narrator is Burr since he is the first storyteller we meet and his narration recurs most
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Bouncers; 17th of October at High Wycombe Swan Theatre. Bouncers is a comical‚ yet serious dive into urban nightlife. The actors use multi-role to play a variety of different characters with hilarious results. Throughout the updated version of the play‚ John Godber (original writer and director) highlighted his intentions through Lucky Eric’s daunting monologues; we still drink too much as a society today. Nonetheless‚ the dated stereotypes and the use of Frank Sinatra and ‘Thriller’ did make the
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