Drama-Woyzeck

Last lesson we carried on with our study of 'Woyzeck'. The first thing we had to do was, in our groups, brainstorm different settings and stage set ups that we would like to perform our play in. We soon after went into more detail and started to talk about lighting and props. Our group decided that we would hold our performance in an amphitheatre. We also thought that instead of having a pit for the orchestra we would have a balcony so that the audience could watch the orchestra as well as the play. We also thought we could Strobe Lights to make things go in slow motion, for example, when he kills Marie. We agreed that large screens would be put around the theatre so that when someone does a monologue everyone would freeze (apart from the character) and their silhouette would appear on the screen of them acting it. After we came up with these ideas the class had a group discussion and we fed back our ideas to the class. Then , in our groups, we started to act out our scenes. I was in a group with Kai, Marley and Alex. I was Marie, Alex was Woyzeck and Kai and Marley were both the drum major. Kai would shout abuse at Alex when there was silence so that Kai voiced the inner thoughts and flashbacks Woyzeck was having. Marley did something similar only he was my inner thoughts and flashbacks. We rehearsed and then performed it to the class. Kitty