Today Roxie and Rosie delivered to us their seminar on Punch drunk theatre company and based their workshop on team building. First we had the simple task of counting to ten as a group without looking at each other or giving each other hints and we all had to say a number, we did that tasks quite quickly it onyl took us about 2 attempts. We then played a few trust exercises where were put into pairs and one person was blindfolded and their team mate had to guide them from one side of the room to the other without bumping into any objects. I really enjoyed this game because you really had to focus and have trust in your partners and listen to what they are so saying so you technically don't get injured.
For the main exercise we had to make up a piece based on the game Cluedo as well as involving the Roxie and Rosie. So we based it on us all having a character each from the game Josh T - Mr Black
Josh B - Reverend Green, Alex - professeur Plum, Sam - Scarlett, Megan - Lady peacock, Hassan - Colonel Mustard and I played Mrs white. Mr Black invited the audience in and said he would be back in a moment, but as he left he died in front of them. We each had an item that was then scattered around Mr Black's body and had to go and retrieve them immediately making us look suspicious. Roxie, Rosie and Amy went round to us one by one asking us questions, then they had 3 guesses at who they think was the murderer, they picked Josh B, Lady peacock and Me - Mrs White, but they were all wrong. To put a different spin on the game and add a twist Mr black got up and said that they were all wrong and that he had killed himself and this was his ghost talking. They really liked the piece and weren't expecting us to come up with something like that in 10 minutes. We all said that everyones characters were spot on and the characters was the one thing we didn't talk about, so everyone just took their own initiative and put their own identity to the character.
Hassan and Jason also did their seminar on the natural theatre company and based their workshop on more relatable and thought provoking pieces. One of the tasks was to get into groups 2 people had to choose an object, but it had to be something else and not what it actually is e.g. i chose a balloon and used it as a ball and chain. The other two had to speak for us and we had to create a story with what they were saying. It was really funny, but difficult at the same time because you wanna make u your own story but you had to go with whoever is being your voice.
Another tasks was think about a character you have seen today on your travels and think about what they did and exaggerate it even more, I saw a woman on the train who just kept smiling and staring at me no matter how much i looked away. So we based our piece on that where Roxie played me and I was the woman staring at her. This task showed that inspiration can come from anywhere and characters can be based from someone you've met just today that you will probably never see again but their character and mannerisms has stuck with you that you can make a story from it.
I think both workshops were presented really well and had good sources of information and the tasks related really well to the companies they had researched. I think both workshops were a success and i really enjoyed participating and seeing how much thought had gone into them.
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