TENS

For tens we have decided on an idea involving the perfect image. We have named our piece, 'No food a day keeps the wobble away'. our piece is developed to shock the audience. we have decided to do this by using shocking images and grotesque movements throughout. For example we open the piece with a strange monologue by a weight obsessed teacher contradicting herself on what she thinks the perfect image is. We also have a scene were two school girls vomit after thinking they are fat. Lastly we have the sandwich boards that has multiple images starting from morbidly obese to dangerously anorexic. In this scene the girls rip off the images until they are faced with the thinnest which they both agree is the most attractive.

The piece is designed to explain how society has created this image that is both dangerous and -for most women/men - unobtainable . It also explains that most of our insecurities start when we begin secondary school and that it all starts with comments from our piers.

gay theatre

We recently did a seminar on either Gay, feminist or black theater. I chose to do mine on gay and found loads of information that I had never come across before. For instance through doing this project I have come to realize that Gay theater is very rare now and has become part of everyday theater and is no longer classed as a genre of its own. I also discovered the Dublin Gay theater festival which promotes old and new pieces of Gay theater once a year for a week. I am hoping to go to this festival next year as it seems interesting and fun.

Our new Project..... TENS

for our next project we are directing in pairs. Lloyd and I have decided to work together and have had many ideas ranging from banana wrestling to evil clowns. We have started to work around the idea of the perfect image showing how stupid and consuming it can become. we have started to create images in our head that we think could be used. for example the idea of make-up turning them into clowns and anorexia being a school lesson. Lloyd has also written some short extracts of script that we are working around to help base on piece.

Barcelona!!!

From 8th of Feb to the 11th of Feb my class went on a cultural trip to Barcelona. during our stay there we explored many of the min attractions and on several occasions got lost!
One of my favorite places that we explored was Park Guell. It was designed by Gaudi and is considered to be one of his best work. I enjoyed this particular adventure as although there were many tourists enjoying the sites it is obviously a major part of the culture and is enjoyed by the locals.
Barcelona was a great experience and i wouldn't have changed anything about it. i would love to go again and explore more of its magnificent sites and culture.