our first blog s2
drama4lyf yo
In our ensemble we have been given the theme of the ‘birth of a teenager in the 50s’ we are to use different performance techniques such as theatre of cruelty, theatre of the absurd and theatre of the oppressed.
Our drama ensemble is in its beginning stages. We havent begun to put it together as a performance but we have been brainstorming many ideas that we feel could work well in our piece.
For use of theatre of the cruelty we have thought it would be very shocking to the audience if they were to witness an abortion on stage. This would also tie in nicely with the theme as abortion was illegal back in the 50’s and in this time of rebellion it was popular for kids to fall pregnant without husbands.
We also know that were going to have atleast one bodgie and one widgie as characters and atleast one conservative older person. We are considering using colour to seperate whether a person is a teenager or an adult.
Were also considering to start off with Elvis presley on stage and then show how the rebellion was believed to of been caused by rock’n’roll music.