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Bob Fosse – who’s got the pain

in this piece of choreography by Bob fosse, we can see many examples of his style. The main example is the hat being used as a prop, Fosse was known for using bowler hats in his dances. Another example being turned in shoulders, there are times in this piece of choreography where the shoulder closestContinue reading “Bob Fosse – who’s got the pain”

Antigone rehearsal

27th February In this rehearsal we worked on a moment scene involving the whole chorus, Eurydice and Antigone. This is the scene before Antigones death and its shows us all saying goodbye. This scene comes straight after Eurydices drunk scene and her and one of the chorus members are already on stage. Eurydice is extremelyContinue reading “Antigone rehearsal”

Greek theatre

The two main forms of Greek Theatre are ‘comedies’ and ‘dramas’ after doing some research on the two I’ve found that they were 2 very separate things, think of them like parallel lines, they’re two things that will never meet. You would never see a drama with comedic references in and on the other handContinue reading “Greek theatre”

Antonin Artaud – research

Artaud early life Artaud was born in 1896 in Marseille, France. At the age of 4, Artaud was diagnosed with meningitis, he survived but his health was extremely weak and he developed depression in his teen years. Artaud had his first mental breakdown at 16, this is when his parents decided to arrange him hisContinue reading “Antonin Artaud – research”

Bertolt Brecht research

Bertolt Brecht was born in Germany in 1898, in his youth Brecht studied medicine and served in an army hospital in world war 1, experiencing war on the frontline made Brecht question society and politics. To understand his political motives I’ve done some research into his political views on what was going on in aContinue reading “Bertolt Brecht research”

Eurydice character profile

Antigone 2020 In Antigone i play the role of ‘Eurydice’ who in the play is king Creons wife and Antigones auntie. Uta Hagen- 9 questions I will be using a series of 9 questions regarding my character int he play to help my understanding of who im playing and why i will be playing herContinue reading “Eurydice character profile”

Technical rehearsal

We had out first technical rehearsal for our play ‘Amtigone’ on 16th March. This was the first time we had seen the set and got the chance to act within the space. As actors the technical rehearsal is crucial to ensuring the show is successful, from an actors point of view the tech rehearsal canContinue reading “Technical rehearsal”

Antigone Comparison

After Watching The National Theatres version of Antigone I have decided to compare it to our own version of Antigone. I have chosen to compare The scene where Eurydice suspects that her son has been killed and finds out it is true. In the National Theatre version Eurydice enters into an empty stage where onlyContinue reading “Antigone Comparison”

Antigone rehearsals

10/03/2020 This morning we went back to Creons entrance scene. We have decided to add Haemon into this scene as he has just come back from war with all the chorus. As i enter behind creon instead of standing around with the chorus i run towards my son Haemon who is stood downstage and embraceContinue reading “Antigone rehearsals”