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 :)
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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
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