Drama - Section A - Question 1

One of the pieces I acted in this year, was Sympathy for the Devil. A Murder Mystery that was set in the 1960s. I played the character of XXXX (Give the name and some detail – e.g Terrance Shrimp, a fashion photographer.) Our target audience was parents, siblings, teachers and other students. It took place in the school hall, and as well as using the stage we also took turns in visiting 6 tables out of 12 where the audience sat, watching the Murder Mystery and having dinner. In terms of style, we tried to make it as naturalistic as possible, but because it was a Murder Mystery it had to follow a set format. Interrogations took place on the stage where everyone could see and hear, but we went into the audience where they could cross-examine us. As well as improvising around character notes, I also created the costume for my character. Period Style Genre Target Audience Performance space Technical / design elements used I created a TIE piece on the theme of XXX (drugs, bullying). Our target audience was students in Yr 6 at our local Primary school (St Marys), we visited there and used their hall space. For when we were doing the forum theatre, we were end on. The period for this piece was the modern day. The style we used in our forum theatre was slight over exaggerated in an effort to engage our audience. When we were facilitators, out of role, we had to be extra nice to the students.