Through precise staging and performance styles, contemporary Australian theatre combines the elements of drama as well as the conventions and traditions of many theatre movements to illustrate the struggles of the characters in an agreeable and interesting way for both the audience and performers.…
Fox hip hop opera ‘Empire has a star studded cast Taraji P. Henson plays (Cookie Lyons) Terrance Howard (Lucious Lyons) and Gabourey Sidibe (Becky). The show real life scenarios, and imperfect Hollywood storyline. Viewers watching can imagine parts of their lives panning out to resemble “Empire” storyline.…
The production ‘Sweetown’ makes satiric humour of dark truths of Australians not acknowledging the horrific acts committed in Australian history towards the indigenous people of Australia, through the view of the townspeople consumed in a debate to build a monument acknowledging the massacre committed near their town. Being set in the mid-60s, emphasises the problems mentioned within the play through reflecting the current acknowledgment towards the issue and making comparisons to when discussion on the controversial topic had begun. The play switches between the perspectives of various townsfolk affected by the debate and shows the changes for better and worst which result from the debate, capturing the hopes and…
Intimate Apparel is set in the year of 1905 however the season is not provided within the text. The passage of time can be determined throughout the play between the scene and act. The passage of time is briefly mentioned within George’s letters to Esther. For example, one can infer that the passage of time between act 1 scene 1 and scene is 2 months because within the first few lines of George’s second letter, he states “I received your letter. Its two months in the coming…” Although one could determine the time within the text, the hour of day for each scene nor act cannot be determined. Being that time is not a key feature within the text, it can be subtly represented on stage through lighting changes to represent the transition from day to night as well as clothing to represent the changes is season, if there are any changes at all. These features could help the audience understand the time of day as well as the year of the play without the overbearing features of voice overs or clocks.…
Jonathan L. Green is an associate literary manager of the Goodman theater and artistic director of Sideshow theatre. He majored in English literature that involved in the drama department at the University of Virginia from Charlottesville. his school. After graduation, he moved to Chicago as he was recommended by a friend to come as Chicago where has a great theatre community, and you can get work versus options in the the east coast like New York. In Chicago, Jonathan and some of his friends started the non-profit organization, Sideshow Theatre Company. While doing that, he was at the Looking Glass as the director of Audience Services. He worked there for seven years, until 2014 a friend recommended a position at the Goodman Theatre. Despite not entirely sure how he felt about the position, he still applied, got the job and has been…
Pierre presents himself and talks about his accomplishments in Congo, country where he was born, before leaving for USSR. Here he brefly talks about his education.…
Realist plays are often a response or a comment on an issue or topic in society, past or present. Within No sugar, it is accepted Davis is responding to the topic of racism against Indigenous Australians, treating them in a subhuman manner and “othering” them. Othering can be defined as the practise of imposing a definition on a particular group in society, most commonly a marginalised one. It consequently disempowers the chosen groups and allows the dominant group to maintain it’s power and control. With reference to the 1905 Aborigines Act, it can be determined that the process of othering happened on a political scale to the Australians Aboriginals. The act was intentionally constructed to consolidate the use of the Indigenous Australian’s…
This weekend my classmates and I saw a play called Ludlow, in the Dusty Loo Bon Vivant Theater. The play was a very horrific, historic, and significant to Colorado itself. The play is about those who were killed in the Ludlow massacre of 1914, which was one of the most fatal and catastrophic coal wars of its time. I am not so sure that I really liked this play. This play was the first play that I had ever been too. (Newbie to the theatre!) From the start of it I really wasn’t sure how it was going to play out. One thing I didn’t understand in the play was the meaning of the earth monster, and how played into the play. Another thing that I did not understand was why the guns were…
While watching the filmed version of Margaret Edson's play "Wit," and reading more of the play gave me a more broad perspective. Not only was the movie great, but it let me learn more about a fascinating author who was quoted throughout the movie.…
The play that my group and I read and presented was Behind Closed Doors, a play with the concept of, Tragedy in your past can affect your present if you do not let go and move on. The role I played was the director, which is a role in the theater, that’s very much so unappreciated. The purpose of the presentation project was to actually understand, hands on, what it takes to produce a Theatre play, and what the jobs and elements are to do so. In theatre, communication is key. Every job works in harmony with one another, and they all need each other to put on an incredible show.…
Florida Studio Theatre’s production of Butler by Richard Strand is witty, full of word play, and all too relevant. As a country embroiled in conversation around race, immigration, identity, and at the core of it all who has the right to humanity, this question is posed to us once again as with this play. Butler embodies both the past and present while presenting a unique opportunity to learn from it and change our future.…
Janet Moyles created the 'play spiral' Framework which encourages children to explore and learn new skills through structured and unstructured play. The spiral starts with practitioners letting the children explore the environment and resources through 'free play' and unstructured play, this gives them the opportunity to play and create their own rules and develop their own experiences. This is beneficial to practitioners as it allows them to observe the children and plan effectively in order to enhance play. The next part of the spiral is 'Mastery Play', this enables the children to rehearse and develop their play. They begin to enhance their play by using their imagination and beginning to understand how they think they should be using the…
There are wires growing out of everyone’s ears. That is, to listen to music. Music is an infinite source, whether that source is for lifting up spirits, expressing underlying pain and anger, or just merely a distraction. Music from well-developed Broadway musicals to a series of beats at a party, it is something we all have done: listen to music. Some even say that music defines us but it that really true? Is our music the soundtrack of who we each are? Do what we listen to support our core values in life? To answer this I sought out the one song I listened to most, “This Kiss” by Alex Days and Carrie Hope Fletcher, and interpreted its lyrics to see if it matched with my core values of commitment, happiness, and love.…
An Analysis of the “Testimonial” Perspective of the First Peoples in Residential School Abuse in Kiss of the Fur Queen by Thomson Highway…
Before you attempt to beat the odds, be sure you could survive the odds beating you.” Larry Kerstin.…