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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Appreciating H3.1: Critically applies understanding of the cultural‚ historical and political contexts that have influenced specific drama and theatre practitioners‚ styles and movements H3.2 Analyses‚ synthesises and organises knowledge‚ information and opinion in coherent‚ informed oral and written responses H3.4 Appreciates and values drama and theatre as significant cultural expressions of issues and concerns in Australian and other societies __________________________________________________________________________________
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THE THEATRE OF THE ABSURD The dictionary meaning of the word ‘Absurd’ is unreasonable‚ ridiculous or funny. But it is used in a somewhat different sense when we speak of the ‘Theatre of the Absurd’‚ or more commonly known now-a-days as ‘Absurd Drama’. The phrase ‘The Theatre of the Absurd’ was coined by the critic Martin Esslin‚ who made it the title of his book on the same subject‚ published in 1961. Esslin points out in this book that there is no such thing as a regular
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Types of theater spaces Proscenium •Thrust stage• Theatre in the Round •Black Box Theater Proscenium •Theater space whose primary feature is a large frame or arch(called the proscenium arch even though it is frequently nota rounded archway at all)‚which is located at or near the front of the stage. •The audience directly faces the stage‚ which is typically raised several feet above front row audience level• Originally Roman Theater Thrust stage •Popular in the WestThrust Stage •Also known
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Iroquois Theatre Highly advertised as being “absolutely fireproof”‚ The Iroquois Theatre was as fireproof as the Titanic was unsinkable. On December 30th‚ of the year 1903‚ five weeks after The Iroquois opened‚ The Iroquois Theatre did indeed burn. The fire was so bad that in just under 8 minutes it roared through the theatre claiming 602 lives and injuring at least 250 others (Foy‚ 1995). According to the National Fire Prevention Association (NFPA)‚ this fire is by far the deadliest theatre fire
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Non-Membranous Percussive (Ghan) CHIMPTA (CHIMTA) The chimpta is actually a fire tong. However‚ it has evolved into a musical instrument by the permanent addition of small brass jingles. This instrument is especially popular in Punjabi folk music and the Sikh religious music known as shabad. GHUNGHARU Traditional ghungaru (left) / padded ghungharu (right) Ghungharu are the "tinkle bells" or "jingle bells" which are used to adorn the feet of dancers. When tied to the feet‚ they are
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truth to it. Theatre of the absurd is an esoteric avant-garde style of theatre based on the principles of existentialism that looks at the world without any assumption of purpose. Existentialism and Theatre of the Absurd became identified with a cultural movement that flourished in Europe in the 1940s and 1950s‚ after the Second World War. The idea that man starts with nothing and ends with nothing is a common theme amongst most absurd plays. Despite this strange philosophy‚ Theatre of the absurd
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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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Theatre‚ cinema and video. Advantages and disadvantages. Sometimes there is a question: What is better: theatre‚ cinema or TV at home. Of course all of them have their advantages and disadvantages. What are the main advantages and disadvantages of going to the cinema or theatre and simply watching TV. As we live in big developing city with reach history and big variety of different kinds of theatres which have their theatrical seasons from September till June or July I can’t say that I’ m a great
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Theatre History 1. Theatre and men are as related as mirror and reflection as self and shadow and study theatre of a particular era‚ and you learn the religious‚ social‚ political and economic influences of that time and also learn people’s desires‚ ideals and needs and gain insight into the present from what has gone before. 2. A) drama means to do or act B) Drama was born out of the dance of primitive man‚ when his instinctive rhythmic movements evolved into pantomimes that told or showed
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