Greetings Earthlings!
In English this term we're doing a drama for a competition :) My group have decided to adapt a well known fairy tail and twist it around. Its going great and its loadsa fun :) Other things going on are Work Experience, which were going on on Monday, ill probably blog about it at the end about my experiences and stuff :)
Xoxogossipgeorgiaa
Thursday, 10 November 2011
Tuesday, 8 November 2011
Juno and The Paycock Review
Greetings Earthlings!
Hey, havn't blogged in a while, midterm was brill! And Katy Perry last night, so tired now though..
Ms Brogan set us a review for our midterm assignment to be posted on our blog :) Its about when we went to see Juno and The Paycock at the Abbey Theatre recently.
Juno and The Paycock was brilliant! It had a great mix of humour tradgedy and action so that i was gripped throughout the whole thing. The talented cast, characterisation, movement and stage direction, lighting and set all combined to make it a great production.
The cast was really good, after reading the play I was doubtfull of whether they would cast the characters to my likiing but five minutes into the production I realised I had nothing to doubt. By far my favourite character was Johnny. He was played by a very talented actor who portrayed Johnnys paranoia very well. He really shone in the scene near the end where he was dragged away by the IRA to be shot. It was very tragic and dramatic.
Another character i enjoyed was Juno, she was a strong mother figure and held the family together through all the challegnes they faced. She is patient, we see this through how long she stayed with "The Captian", Her selfish unemployed husband who spends his days in a snug with Joxer leaving Juno in charge of the home and responsible for earning a living to support the family.
Certain scenes in the Play stuck with me long after it ended, an example of this is the scene where Juno discovers that Johnny has been killed and begins to make plans to leave and raise Marys unborn child with her. Her last words are a monologue where she recitres the words Ms Tancred said when her own son was killed. It is touching and you feel Junos pain.
I also really liked the set. You see their house at the start and how shabby it is, then as they hear news of the will their house starts to become more elaborate and glamorous. The change in set reflects the change in story line and matches the mood. In a practicle element, no piece of furniture or part of the set ever has its back to the audience, it is designed so it can be seen at all angles. The set also helped to make the audience feel more involves, when characters cooked sausages or smoked a pipe, you were able to smell it in the audience which made it more realistic.
I really enjoyed Juno and The Paycock, i think the play reflected the text really well, no major parts were put in or left out and stayed true to the script. It also gave a great insight into life in Dublin in the 1920's.
xoxogossipgeorgia
Hey, havn't blogged in a while, midterm was brill! And Katy Perry last night, so tired now though..
Ms Brogan set us a review for our midterm assignment to be posted on our blog :) Its about when we went to see Juno and The Paycock at the Abbey Theatre recently.
Juno and The Paycock was brilliant! It had a great mix of humour tradgedy and action so that i was gripped throughout the whole thing. The talented cast, characterisation, movement and stage direction, lighting and set all combined to make it a great production.
The cast was really good, after reading the play I was doubtfull of whether they would cast the characters to my likiing but five minutes into the production I realised I had nothing to doubt. By far my favourite character was Johnny. He was played by a very talented actor who portrayed Johnnys paranoia very well. He really shone in the scene near the end where he was dragged away by the IRA to be shot. It was very tragic and dramatic.
Another character i enjoyed was Juno, she was a strong mother figure and held the family together through all the challegnes they faced. She is patient, we see this through how long she stayed with "The Captian", Her selfish unemployed husband who spends his days in a snug with Joxer leaving Juno in charge of the home and responsible for earning a living to support the family.
Certain scenes in the Play stuck with me long after it ended, an example of this is the scene where Juno discovers that Johnny has been killed and begins to make plans to leave and raise Marys unborn child with her. Her last words are a monologue where she recitres the words Ms Tancred said when her own son was killed. It is touching and you feel Junos pain.
I also really liked the set. You see their house at the start and how shabby it is, then as they hear news of the will their house starts to become more elaborate and glamorous. The change in set reflects the change in story line and matches the mood. In a practicle element, no piece of furniture or part of the set ever has its back to the audience, it is designed so it can be seen at all angles. The set also helped to make the audience feel more involves, when characters cooked sausages or smoked a pipe, you were able to smell it in the audience which made it more realistic.
I really enjoyed Juno and The Paycock, i think the play reflected the text really well, no major parts were put in or left out and stayed true to the script. It also gave a great insight into life in Dublin in the 1920's.
xoxogossipgeorgia
Thursday, 27 October 2011
Thursday, 20 October 2011
'The world, is in a state o' chassis'
Greetings Earthlings!
We went to see Juno and The Paycock at The Abbey Theatre yesterday. We started off the day at the William B Yeats exibition in the national library, which was so interesting, we got to see all about his life and early work. We got to see the books where his poetry was origional written which was great.
After that, we went to look at a selection of artifacts which was also in the national library, it was very interesting and had loads of books and posters from the past.
We then got to look in a museum and got to see the Bog Bodies, i didnt like them that much, but i loved the egyption section. We then got a break for a while to get lunch, so of course we went to burger king..
We returned to the rest of the group well fed and excited for Juno and The Paycock, which did not dissapoint, it was a great show and the actors were brilliant. It was funny but also very dramatic, i loved it
So thats it really for today..
xoxogossipgeorgia
We went to see Juno and The Paycock at The Abbey Theatre yesterday. We started off the day at the William B Yeats exibition in the national library, which was so interesting, we got to see all about his life and early work. We got to see the books where his poetry was origional written which was great.
After that, we went to look at a selection of artifacts which was also in the national library, it was very interesting and had loads of books and posters from the past.
We then got to look in a museum and got to see the Bog Bodies, i didnt like them that much, but i loved the egyption section. We then got a break for a while to get lunch, so of course we went to burger king..
We returned to the rest of the group well fed and excited for Juno and The Paycock, which did not dissapoint, it was a great show and the actors were brilliant. It was funny but also very dramatic, i loved it
So thats it really for today..
xoxogossipgeorgia
Tuesday, 11 October 2011
Greetings Earthlings!
Its one of those days, where i dont really know what to write about, so im just gonna talk about all the new stuff we do in TY :) Which is alot more than i expected..3rd years, beware.
1. The Geography Project. Oh my god. Taking alot longer than i expected, and its hard to sort through whats actually considered unusual and interesting around the world, with whats just down right weird..
2. Mini-company. In some ways, its my favourite part of Ty, in others, its terrible. We have a workshop tomorrow and we dont nearly have enough market research done. Ohhh the stress!
3. Operaaaa. Ah its great, acting out friends in operas fun :)
4. Work Experience. Alot easier now ive sorted it out :D
5. English. Researching Political stuff in poems, interesting enough :)
xoxoGossipGeorgia ;o
Its one of those days, where i dont really know what to write about, so im just gonna talk about all the new stuff we do in TY :) Which is alot more than i expected..3rd years, beware.
1. The Geography Project. Oh my god. Taking alot longer than i expected, and its hard to sort through whats actually considered unusual and interesting around the world, with whats just down right weird..
2. Mini-company. In some ways, its my favourite part of Ty, in others, its terrible. We have a workshop tomorrow and we dont nearly have enough market research done. Ohhh the stress!
3. Operaaaa. Ah its great, acting out friends in operas fun :)
4. Work Experience. Alot easier now ive sorted it out :D
5. English. Researching Political stuff in poems, interesting enough :)
xoxoGossipGeorgia ;o
Thursday, 6 October 2011
Greetings Earthlings!
Coming up to the walk, tomorrows d-day. Oh the stress..
Trying to get everyone in time and just having the routine down is proving to be quite the challenge..But im sure it'll be alright in the end :) Well i hope...
A load of other stuffs been going on too, mini-company trip, making our opera in music. Tys proven to be quite the busy year, and i find myself more tired than ever..After lunch we've got pilates dancing and photography, it'll be a bitta craic :)
And as far as Tomorrow, you never know whats gonna happen..but hopefully we'll pull it off :D
xoxogossipgeorgiaaaa
Coming up to the walk, tomorrows d-day. Oh the stress..
Trying to get everyone in time and just having the routine down is proving to be quite the challenge..But im sure it'll be alright in the end :) Well i hope...
A load of other stuffs been going on too, mini-company trip, making our opera in music. Tys proven to be quite the busy year, and i find myself more tired than ever..After lunch we've got pilates dancing and photography, it'll be a bitta craic :)
And as far as Tomorrow, you never know whats gonna happen..but hopefully we'll pull it off :D
xoxogossipgeorgiaaaa
Tuesday, 27 September 2011
To Japan and beyonddd! loljk, its not a second world country, *tear*
Greetings Earthlings!
Hows everybody this fine tuesday afternoon?
In Geography, were doing a round the world trip, where we pick two countries each, 1st 2nd and 3rd world.
As part of my project, im researching mexico, which is pretty cool, theres an underwater museam so that'll keep me amused..But today to my utter devestation and deep dissapointment (Wow, illiteration or whaa?) i discovered, that Japan, is first world. And i cant put it in my project, and i cant go to the big aquarium thingy with the sharks and the whales and the eals. wehhhhhhhhhhhhhh :(
As you can see, i dont get out much.
Besides from that, this weeks graand, mini-company workshop on Thursdaay and we make it back just in time for TY activitys woo!:D
Live long and prosper...
xoxogossipgeorgiaaaa
Hows everybody this fine tuesday afternoon?
In Geography, were doing a round the world trip, where we pick two countries each, 1st 2nd and 3rd world.
As part of my project, im researching mexico, which is pretty cool, theres an underwater museam so that'll keep me amused..But today to my utter devestation and deep dissapointment (Wow, illiteration or whaa?) i discovered, that Japan, is first world. And i cant put it in my project, and i cant go to the big aquarium thingy with the sharks and the whales and the eals. wehhhhhhhhhhhhhh :(
As you can see, i dont get out much.
Besides from that, this weeks graand, mini-company workshop on Thursdaay and we make it back just in time for TY activitys woo!:D
Live long and prosper...
xoxogossipgeorgiaaaa
Thursday, 22 September 2011
TERRIFIC THURSDAAYS WOOOOO!
Greetings Earthlings!
Guess what? Its that time of week again! THURSDAAYS.
Im so buzzin' for pilates its unreal, so exited for stretching out those muscles and working those vertibrates!
Seriously though, Thursdays have become the highlight of my week, whether its everybodys concentrated faces in pilates, or the craic with Ms O Reilly with 1920's dancing!
Anyway, im gonna go design my blog some more
live long and prosper guys...
xoxogossipgeorgiaa :D
Guess what? Its that time of week again! THURSDAAYS.
Im so buzzin' for pilates its unreal, so exited for stretching out those muscles and working those vertibrates!
Seriously though, Thursdays have become the highlight of my week, whether its everybodys concentrated faces in pilates, or the craic with Ms O Reilly with 1920's dancing!
Anyway, im gonna go design my blog some more
live long and prosper guys...
xoxogossipgeorgiaa :D
Tuesday, 20 September 2011
JUNIOR CERT RESULTS WOOO!
Greetings Earthlings!
Surprisingly, i have managed not to fail my junior cert. Well thats a shocker..The whole thing didnt go that bad after all, and the mothership was chuffed so thats all that matters eh? I was so nervous though, spent the class before we got the results clutching on to Niamh, and then couldnt open the envelope my hands were shaking so much. But everything was alright in the end :) Seriously, if your doing the junior next year, dont be scared, itll all work out if you put the work in :)
About an hour after i got home the whole thought of the junior cert was out of my mind completely! Seemed like months ago i got my results, from then i was just exited for going Time for junior night with most of the people from celbridge. It was brilliant, everybody was celebrating and having a good time :)
So thats really all for Junior Results, its crazy how something i stressed about for so long feels like years ago now! So im gonna go now, my geography projects waiting for me..
live long and prosper
xoxogossipgeorgia
mwaaaaah
Surprisingly, i have managed not to fail my junior cert. Well thats a shocker..The whole thing didnt go that bad after all, and the mothership was chuffed so thats all that matters eh? I was so nervous though, spent the class before we got the results clutching on to Niamh, and then couldnt open the envelope my hands were shaking so much. But everything was alright in the end :) Seriously, if your doing the junior next year, dont be scared, itll all work out if you put the work in :)
About an hour after i got home the whole thought of the junior cert was out of my mind completely! Seemed like months ago i got my results, from then i was just exited for going Time for junior night with most of the people from celbridge. It was brilliant, everybody was celebrating and having a good time :)
So thats really all for Junior Results, its crazy how something i stressed about for so long feels like years ago now! So im gonna go now, my geography projects waiting for me..
live long and prosper
xoxogossipgeorgia
mwaaaaah
Thursday, 15 September 2011
"Arlingford"
Greetings earthlings.
Just returned from a smashing trip at the carlingford adventure centre. It was great fun it was!
At first i thought the lazer tag was gonna be the best part of my trip, then i came home and realised there was boys in the common room downstairs! We had a lovely dinner of sausages and chips, and then went back to do the nightline. We then came back and had free time for 2 hours where we got chatting to the boys, a few could play guitar and we had a big jam session downstairs. Everyone was up singing and it was great craic all together! But we got bored and orla went out to the courtyard and showed us her brilliant modelling skills! I was amazed at how much of a diva stunnah she was :O
Later on that night there was a fireshow. One of the instructers, his name was luke, did it for us. It was amazing! We then went back to our room had some chinese some sweets and stuff. We stayed up having the bant the whole night.
The next morning we went down to do orienteiring, where we hiked up a mountain trying to find stuff on a list. Oh dear i was in pain afterwards. We then went and did rockclimbing and absailing, i didnt like that that much though because i dont like heights :L
Yeah so afterwards we said our goodbyes and went home..Tired and anxious for the results that lay ahead.
Just returned from a smashing trip at the carlingford adventure centre. It was great fun it was!
At first i thought the lazer tag was gonna be the best part of my trip, then i came home and realised there was boys in the common room downstairs! We had a lovely dinner of sausages and chips, and then went back to do the nightline. We then came back and had free time for 2 hours where we got chatting to the boys, a few could play guitar and we had a big jam session downstairs. Everyone was up singing and it was great craic all together! But we got bored and orla went out to the courtyard and showed us her brilliant modelling skills! I was amazed at how much of a diva stunnah she was :O
Later on that night there was a fireshow. One of the instructers, his name was luke, did it for us. It was amazing! We then went back to our room had some chinese some sweets and stuff. We stayed up having the bant the whole night.
The next morning we went down to do orienteiring, where we hiked up a mountain trying to find stuff on a list. Oh dear i was in pain afterwards. We then went and did rockclimbing and absailing, i didnt like that that much though because i dont like heights :L
Yeah so afterwards we said our goodbyes and went home..Tired and anxious for the results that lay ahead.
Thursday, 8 September 2011
More ty blogs woooooooo
Greeings Earthlings!
Blogging again, hopefully this one will be a bit better..
We just came back from a talk about Celbridge youth cafe, theyre having a free night on the 22nd. Might go to see what its like :) Were all going carlingford on Monday, im soo soo exited, and then we all get our junior cert results on Wednesday at lunch time, lord help me.
So far, ty's been great :) loadsa fun and laughs, we had a social development day yesterday, it was great :D
So thats all i think :)
Live long and prosper..
xoxogossipgeorgia
rofl.
Blogging again, hopefully this one will be a bit better..
We just came back from a talk about Celbridge youth cafe, theyre having a free night on the 22nd. Might go to see what its like :) Were all going carlingford on Monday, im soo soo exited, and then we all get our junior cert results on Wednesday at lunch time, lord help me.
So far, ty's been great :) loadsa fun and laughs, we had a social development day yesterday, it was great :D
So thats all i think :)
Live long and prosper..
xoxogossipgeorgia
rofl.
Tuesday, 6 September 2011
First ever TY blog wooooo
Greetings Earthlings.
My names Georgia, and this is my TY blog, and i really dont know what to write here..
TYs been great so far, we do loads of activities and stuff, and its loadsa fun :D We did photography, dancing and pilates last week, and im really looking forward to doing them again. We've gotten loads of projects, like the young scientist and mini-company, but all are really fun and im looking forward to getting more involved in them.
So im gonna go now, cause i dont really know what else to write..
Live long and prosper.
xoxogossipgeorgiaa
My names Georgia, and this is my TY blog, and i really dont know what to write here..
TYs been great so far, we do loads of activities and stuff, and its loadsa fun :D We did photography, dancing and pilates last week, and im really looking forward to doing them again. We've gotten loads of projects, like the young scientist and mini-company, but all are really fun and im looking forward to getting more involved in them.
So im gonna go now, cause i dont really know what else to write..
Live long and prosper.
xoxogossipgeorgiaa
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