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8th November: Act 2

We finally got round to rehearsing act 2 of Mojo, we blocked it all and we’ve changed the ending of the scene adding our own little twist. Mickey hides the fact that he was trying to get through to Mr Ross, why does he do this the audience should question and ponder upon. I needContinue reading “8th November: Act 2”

Notes

Act 1 notes for next time we practice: “We’re finished,” my line and I have to push Kirsten who plays Potts onto the sofa to show power and authority over the group showing the audience that Mickey is in fact in charge and doesn’t take anything from anyone. “Mickey looks like he wants to dance,”Continue reading “Notes”

Antonin Artaud

Theatre of Cruelty Artaud (1896-1948) is well known throughout theatre for his work on, “Theatre and its Double.” He was a French dramatist, poet, essayist, actor, and theatre director, who to this day remains to be one of the most influential theorists of our time. His aim was to disrupt the relationship between performer andContinue reading “Antonin Artaud”

Can Theatre Change the World?

My answer to this question is yes indeed it can and for the better! Throughout history theatre has always been censored until recently because writers and directors work wasn’t something critics and their audiences wanted to watch, it wasn’t entertaining just a piece of work that touched upon a certain subject most people ignore inContinue reading “Can Theatre Change the World?”

Progress

Rehearsals I’m basing Mickey off the movie’s version of him, Ian Hart’s version. I love how he plays the traitor of the group and makes him such a likable character all round even in the end. In the play Mickey first appears in Scene Two and is immediately shown to be the one in chargeContinue reading “Progress”

Cockney Accent

Cockney Accent for Mojo Traditionally spoken by working class Londoners especially from the East End. Here are some tips I am using to get into the accent: Drop the letter “t” and “k” from the middle of words. “Scottish” becomes “sco’ish” “Blackboard” becomes “bla’board” Drop the “h” from the beginning of words: “Hopefully” becomes “Opefully”Continue reading “Cockney Accent”

Augusto Boal

Theatre of the Oppressed Augusto Boal, who in my opinion was an extremely clever man, created “Theatre of the Oppressed” as a means to provoke social and political change with techniques that bond the audience to the performer. It gets them thinking about oppressive behaviour and how it affects the world around us. They becomeContinue reading “Augusto Boal”

MOJO

For our first official play we are performing Mojo by Jez Butterworth, a dark comedy based in Ezra’s Atlantic Club, Soho, London, 1958. It’s a male based cast with only 6 main characters, no smaller characters are included and it consists of two acts only. The plot is centered all around the club, where twoContinue reading “MOJO”

My First Blog Post

To be or not to be Hamlet Monday 16th September 2019 As our first project we have been given a scene from a Shakespeare play, mine being Hamlet. I have been partnered with Izzy Gorman, she is to play Hamlet while I play his mother the Queen. These characters were given to us to testContinue reading “My First Blog Post”