The political play, ‘Hoods’ employs multiple Brechtian techniques to emphasize the didactic message of the concept of power and human rights. This play consists of multiple scenes showing a family of 5 who not only face financial challenges, but negative family dynamics. by incorporating conventions of epic theatre and the manipulation of dramatic action and dramatic language, this play makes the audience aware that this is a real issue in Australian society. The performance displays 2 young kids, Jesse and Kyle, and their baby brother Troy. This play exposes the political, economic and social thresholds that shape character and narrative, allowing viewers to engage with these perceptions on a critical level.
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Hoods has various scenes with the Brechtian convention of transformation; it is used in a series of ways to attain the alienating effect. The acts of transformation, which the audience views, are frequent and multi- layered. The epic theater technique of ‘alienation’ is effectively implemented throughout the play- this is shown with two adult actors playing two young kids. This emotionally detaches the audience from the characters, and makes it easier for the audience to focus more on the political issue the actors convey throughout the performance, than the characters. This play employs the concept of repetition which would further emotionally disengage the audience from the characters. The two kids (Jesse and Kyle) appear to be ghosts condemned to repeat the situation from which they died in. They are taken back to the car park they were left in, each night to spontaneously act out their past in the expectation of creating a different and more positive outcome that would release them from their emotional midpoint in their afterlife. The performance employed Kyles obsession with Xbox, by performing the play in a game like manner. Each episode which was depicted as a game, holds new and diverse possibilities to
Some of the epic theatre techniques …show more content…
Hoods has various scenes with the Brechtian convention of transformation; it is used in a series of ways to attain the alienating effect. The acts of transformation, which the audience views, are frequent and multi- layered. The epic theater technique of ‘alienation’ is effectively implemented throughout the play- this is shown with two adult actors playing two young kids. This emotionally detaches the audience from the characters, and makes it easier for the audience to focus more on the political issue the actors convey throughout the performance, than the characters. This play employs the concept of repetition which would further emotionally disengage the audience from the characters. The two kids (Jesse and Kyle) appear to be ghosts condemned to repeat the situation from which they died in. They are taken back to the car park they were left in, each night to spontaneously act out their past in the expectation of creating a different and more positive outcome that would release them from their emotional midpoint in their afterlife. The performance employed Kyles obsession with Xbox, by performing the play in a game like manner. Each episode which was depicted as a game, holds new and diverse possibilities to