Next Week

Apologies, tuesday's iceskating session is not happening. Not enough spaces but there will be more trips that we can go to. So please meet Tuesday as normal at ivy brook for 10am.

Monday also as normal with unit 2b.

thank you.

The future of story telling?

This is something I saw recently and I thought it worth sharing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hk3CHmzqaxw

Deaf Awareness

20/11/2015

Deaf Awareness

Last week I asked  the group  what they remembered  from last year what I had taught them?  They responded to me they really remembered really well. I then taught them the signs for fruit for example apple, banana, grape,.etc.I also  asked them what do you eat morning and lunch, evening dinner ?. Next week I will ask them what  is their favourite  Disney character.?

Podcasts /Films

Thank you for emailing me your assessments. Those with problems sending, please bring them tomorrow and i will get them on my laptop.

Thank you

Next Week

Next week we have the theatre for V-Event.

Timetable as normal, unit 2a Monday morning then Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday are in the theatre at Durrington, so we are not at ivy brook at all.

Podcast etc

Can they be longer than 4 mins?

Online course

Dear Colleagues

I'm delighted to say that the University of Leeds is supporting a rerun of my massive open online course, now titled: Physical Theatre: Meyerhold and biomechanics. This course originally ran in March last year and was warmly received by thousands of students all over the world (from over 90 countries). It includes practical exercises, taught through animation and video lecture, theoretical and historical input and conversations (both live and recorded) with recognised theatre historians and practitioners working in the field of Physical Theatre(s) and Meyerhold.

This version of the course is a little leaner and will have a live discussion with Meyerhold historians Robert Leach and Amy Skinner (amongst others).  It has also just recently been accredited by the CPD Certification service as 12 hours CPD if students are interested in this.

I'd be very grateful if you would be prepared to share this with your students and other networks. Theatre and disciplines of embodied learning generally are not well represented in the field of massive open online courses (and not just for the obvious reasons). And I hope this course can make a very small contribution to rebalancing that. But it is also great fun to be mixing with so many different people with different backgrounds, sharing one focus for learning for a short time.


 *   It runs for three weeks from January 26th 2015
 *   Is taught entirely online
 *   You can register in one click
 *   It takes up to 4 hours work a week, but this is up to the student
 *   And it's completely free (had I said that?)

You can register and find out more here:

https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/physical-theatre

Many thanks for your time

Jonathan

Professor Jonathan Pitches
Chair in Theatre and Performance and  PVAC Blended Learning Champion
School of Performance and Cultural Industries, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK

V -Event

Some of your competition for valentine's event……

http://brightondome.org/event/6831/how_was_it_for_you/?utm_campaign=Valentine%27s+Day+Email&utm_source=emailCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=

And Well Done from me, too...

Great to see you all working so well together on the stage, and really beginning to flex the material around the structures of rehearsal, text, lighting and space.
You should all be proud of your achievement - very positive reactions from audiences too.

Onwards and Upwards!!!

Lisa

Well done

Well done all, i really enjoyed your shows. I hope you have learnt from the process and feeling really proud of yourselves.
See you all on Thursday at ivy brook.

If you are stuck with how to go about the work for assessment for this unit, start with reading. How do other people rehearse scripts, how does your experience compare and what has been your learning curve? Links on the blog and bibliography on brief to help get you started.

Well done

STUDENT UNION POSTS!!!!

Message from Dan Simmonds -

As you may know, the Students' Union has recent opened nominations for student elections to eight leadership roles. The successful candidates will receive training and gain skills which will enhance their graduate prospects whilst fulfilling a role central to the shaping of the learning experience at Northbrook College.

If you know a student who you think might be interested in taking on one of the roles then I urge you to encourage them to complete a nomination form. This is the first set of elections run by the SU at Northbrook and it would be fantastic if everybody at the college could work together to make sure they are a success. I have attached the nomination form and role descriptions, both of which can also be found on blackboard in the Students' Union area.

 - Dan Simmonds

IF YOU ARE INTERESTED< YOU CAN GET THE LIST OF POSTS AVAILABLE AND THE NOMINATION FORMS FROM DAN  INTHE S.U OFFICE OFF THE CANTEEN, OR  EMAIL LISA AND ASK FOR A COPY!!!

3:45 invites

I've invited: Claire Turner, Eddie Geal, Robin Kuhr, Stephen Chambers

Evaluations

Royal Court resource education pack on Constellations

Remember for your evaluation of process and performances, you need to compare and be informed by other companies' processes.

http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=5&ved=0CEEQFjAE&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.royalcourttheatre.com%2Ffiles%2Fdownloads%2F1543%2FConstellations&ei=VwC0VL-YFMPbaorYgMgE&usg=AFQjCNG4nDtu30cv_IebrypGFIsEEcFCXA&sig2=wFG7Is-Yir4h2v8gP76EYg&bvm=bv.83339334,d.d2s

Programme

Sorry for last minute request. Trying to put a programme or note of sorts together. I might need your full names as i can't access the records. And any ideas for images? or quotes from the play?

thanks


Any artists? something like this but not stolen, for our image?

Monday 12th

Actors please be in for 11.30 tomorrow for a run prior our time in the theatre.

Thank you.

Contellations Cast Call sheets for Monday (12th) & Tuesday (13th) Jan 2015

Hi guys,

Below are your calls for when you will be required in the theatre this Monday and Tuesday (12 & 13th Jan). These will be emailed out to you all later tonight and if I miss anyone out of the email then can one of you forward it to them or let me know what their email addresses are and I'll send it out to them.

Monday 12th

Time	Activity	Who’s Required
1pm	CALL BEGINS	Everyone
1-1.20pm	Health and Safety tour	Full Company
1.20-5pm	LX Plot	Full Company
5-6pm	Dinner	Full Company
6-7.30pm	SND & AV Plot	Full Company
7.30-9.45pm	Tech Run	Full Company
9.45pm	CALL ENDS	Everyone

Tuesday 13th

Time	Activity	Who’s Required?
9.30am	Call Begins	Everyone
9.30-10.30am	Tech run	Full Company
10.30-11am	Notes	Full Company
12-1pm	Lunch	Everyone
1.25pm	Half Call	Full Company
1.55pm	Beginners	Full Company
2-3pm	Show 1	Full Company
3.10pm	Half Call	Full Company
3.40pm	Beginners	Full Company
3.45-4.45pm	Show 2	Full Company
4.45pm	Call Ends	Full Company

Hope you all have a lovely weekend and I will see you all on Monday!

Shows next week

Hello all,

Monday looking to be a late one in the theatre, please be prepared.

Tuesday shows at 2.00pm and 3.45 pm.

Timetables for this term on Blackboard in course material, timetables folder.

Have a great weekend!



Assessment reminder: please see brief to remind yourselves of criteria and assessment product. The Wednesday after the show next week, you have the day as study day to complete this. It will be due on the following Monday.

COURSEWORK - Unit 3 Constellations

A 4 minute film, vodcast or podcast covering the following.

1. Reflection on how at least two different reading sources are informing your practice
2. Comment on workshops and rehearsals as they compare to your understanding of another theatre company’s working methods (see reading list for suggestions)
3. Evaluate the final performances.

Criteria

1. established knowledge and understanding of standard methods and techniques for discipline based practice
2. demonstrated competency with applying standard methods and techniques for discipline based practice
3. developed critical awareness of a discipline’s practice from evaluating own practice in relation to standards established by the profession for its practice 

Ted talk on multiverse, string theory and cosmology!

Brian Greene: Is our universe the only universe? #TED : http://on.ted.com/d0gHP

Prop stuff.

http://youtu.be/n3d1TtP0ZkI

Tuesday Shows

Hi Vanessa,

Friends of mine would like to come to the 2pm show,

Deirdra Daly
Lauren Leake-Lyall
Elaine Holyhead
Annie Packham

3.45pm Show

Lucy Boulting- (would she be able to have an end of row seat please as shes claustrophobic).

Thanks :)

WATCH!

Debra Jarvis: Yes, I survived cancer. But that doesn't define me #TED : http://on.ted.com/p0MIZ

Last rehearsal run through

Props still needed; suitcases, boxes with rings, lights for suitcases, lit umbrellas.

Sam has cues for lighting the front strip.

AD Harry has all other cues, for music, av and props.

Runthrough:  Running time: 15.05 16.05

Production Notes

We need live feed for AV typing in the opening of the play. Then Paige can take laptop off.

Lit umbrellas and glasses with lights for the opening. To return at the end scene.

POssible to makes shows on tuesday at 13.30 and then 3.00 or 3.30? 


Opening walk a little too long, Get into your pairs earlier please.

greg lovely you showed you got idea for elbow from the greeting in your first scene.

Paige & Chris you forgot to walk out of your universe in the first scene?

james & Laura, don't block harry and zoe in their first scene.

Chris more reaction to the revelation of the affair?

where does he live line, christ sit down?

stand back up again for 'do i bore you?'

James & Laura the affair scene. laura start more gently, james don't pull at sleeves.

Jonathan you slept with Alistair O'connor.

chris and paige lovely truthfulness. look up during mum scene and more energy.

Music to come in at start of Harry & Zoe scene

He's been held up cue for ballroom dancing music to come on.

Paige and Chris frozen till the beginning of your ballroom scene

James careful of your t's.

Chris & Jonathan, please find the starts constellations video for ballroom scene.

Wait till Paige starts talking then drop hands slowly in ballroom scene.

G Don't take as long to start the proposal scene

James and laura turn out to audience more

Sam take the moment of silence you  say you need

Paige and Chris remember to light G & Sam with suitcase light

Better Harry & Zoe for good news scene. Leave light on during hug and overlap with Jamie and Laura scene.

James & Laura, do same hug as the others. Keep lights on to overlap with Jonathan and Greg's scene.

Keep lights on at last scenes before Jamie and Laura final scene.

Rehearsal 6/1/14

Happy New Year!

Active analysis exercises; keep the connection; the fragility of relationship moment to moment

Italian run: keep some of the moments; physical intimacy; energy

Harry to give to Ben new bit of overlapping ballroom section script tomorrow at Durrington.

Actors; Stop and reflect for your portfolio assessment. What stage of the rehearsal process are we? How  does it compare to other processes?


Peer critique; what notes did your peers give you on your acting habits?

Please bring suitcases to Durrington tomorrow.

to do: ballroom scene, end scene, work on opening,

RUN THROUGH

Opening

Opening track. which one?
Paige comes in and types some of text live.
Come in with lit umbrellas
we need i'm jamie i'm roland in the beginning. Need to establish one couple.
We need cues for G & Sam lights.
Multiverse cue for lights


Leaflets for yvette suitcase re 'write to them' etc.

Waltz Scene

Harry did you type up the new script with the new layout/overlapping bits?

Could you upload it to the blog?