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Fugee

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'Fugee' Rehearsals and Show Prep As a class we sat down and read through the script written by Abi Morgan. Whilst reading through it we spoke about what our thoughts were and we decided that it was very contemporary, which we thought would work well for our final piece as its a style we hadn't covered before, which is a contrast to the Chekhov and Shakespeare texts with language that is different to the time we live in now. Upon looking at the script we discovered that it is difficult to comprehend the events of the play as it rarely goes in chronological order with many flashbacks and dream sequences throughout the play, some even in the same scenes. However, after we had read through the whole play and worked as a class to verbally put it in the right order, it made it easier as a class to follow the events of the play. The play starts with Kojo, the main protagonist, a 14 year old refugee form the Ivory C...

Project Proposal

Diploma in Performing & Production Arts Unit 8 Project Proposal Section 1: Review So far in my course I feel have become a better actor and are now more confident than I was in my abilities as an actor. I've worked on Chekhov and his idea of Psychological Gesture when I had to switch between my 2 characters in 'The Three Sisters' meaning that I had to instantly get into role. I have used actions in both of my productions and worked more on units of action which worked very well in our production of 'The York Realist'.  I have also worked with the Donmar Warehouse, a theatre company in the industry and have learnt carious skills such as physical theatre and acting tactics to draw the focus to myself when needed. Physical theatre is helpful to me as it will allow me convey emotion and meaning in movement not just in the lines I am saying. The acting tactics will help me to draw the attention of the audience when I want to...