Unit 6 - Performance workshop

Tuesday 22^nd November

The lesson today was very discussion based rather than practical. The main aim of the lesson was to talk about a theatre company and bring together some ideas for our own theatre company.

Firstly, we talked about what theatre companies are made up of. The types of job roles within a theatre company include stage manager, sound technician, actors, costume designer, choreographer, marketing, etc. We had a brief discussion about what each of these job roles includes. We then thought about which job role we would possibly like to take on when we come to devising our performance, as well as all taking on the role of an actor. I took on the role of the choreographer as I have had quite a lot of dance experience. Others in group picked roles such as marketing, writer and director. From this, we were set a homework task. This task was to research our job role and gain a better understanding for what roles the job includes. We were also asked to consider who we would work with closely within the company. This homework is due for next week’s session and we will use it when we have our first company meeting. 

Lastly, we talked about the theatre company that was created last year and had a discussion about how successful it was. We thought of things that could be improved or taken from the performance which could give us some ideas for our production this year.