venues to perform in

The round house from outside

The inside of the Roundhouse…                                                                                                                                            I believe that the roundhouse is a good venue to perform in as it offers a wide range of space for acting and a large capacity for the audience. It would be good to perform in front our audience as it has a dark atmosphere to it and it can allow us to move freely along with the audience. Also it can be set up with a stage so we can perform in with a crowd in the round or with a normal set up. Personally I believe that the circle set up is better as more people feel involved with the showcase (Victorian themed – Sweeny Todd scene along with music + monologs with other characters e.g. Edward scissor hands and Sherlock Holmes) and we can find it easier to perform because we are including them and it is right in front of them instead of a distance. I want to include the audience with the showcase as it will build a chilling atmosphere that the audience will not be able to get away from as it will always be following them and it can be quite tense as we will be performing it right in front of them.     This is an example of what it would be like if we didn’t have the stage area set in a circle. We would be on a stage and perform. Which would be easier for lighting but it would be harder to create an exciting atmosphere for the audience.  

Idea 3 for showcase

We wanted to looked a piece of music that could fit into a mood/scene of our showcase and would have an effect on the audience as well as show how are characters are feeling. In this idea we wanted to have some seriousness in it so we have included the idea of a young boy called Dan who gets peer pressured into taking drugs and drinking booze at a young age and over the years he gets addicted to them, his mother has died and we never know about the dad yet he is mentioned in the arguments etc. Dan is raised by his oldest brother and they live with each other, there are 3 brothers in total and the middle aged sibling (who was close with Dan) finds out about the drinking and drugs and tells on him. The rest of the showcase is about the consequences and how Dan is pushed over the edge and how we see a dramatic change in him and all the siblings.

Second Idea for showcase

The second idea for the showcase which myself Tom,Dan and Kyle had thought of was that it was based in new york and it was after the 9/11 attacks and we altered between the rioters and police officers in the show. With in the play we have sections where we focus on certain characters so it gives them a chance to 'tell their story' which relates to the topic we are doing ('Everyone has a story'). In the showcase we have it so that the play starts off with news reporters who are reporting about the riots so that the audience knows what we are talking about.