Performance appraisal

The text which I have chosen to write about through the course of this essay is “The Freedom of the City” by Brian Friel. This play was first showed in February 1973, a year after the events of Bloody Sunday. It is quite clear from reading this play that Friel uses the events of that fateful day as his inspiration. Bloody Sunday is an event which lives on in the memories of many people and occurred during the height of the “Trouble’s” in Northern Ireland. This event occurred on the 30th of…

Through non-conventional theatre, in the form of immersive theatre, the performative characteristics of scenic design are scrutinized. By transcending traditional dramatic performances, yet still incorporating similar characteristics taken from conventional theatre, immersive theatre stimulates the spectator’s theatrical experience while still making it new yet familiar. It is crucial to present or evoke an action through the depiction of fictional events, or at least, through the embodiment of…

of the video, however, was not my area of expertise, and so that task was not the most engaging. If I were to work in public relations, I would have to improve my networking and promotional skills. Overall, I am satisfied with my experience and performance during my internship, and I am ready to apply the lessons I learned towards my future academic and career…

Social Dramaturgical model According to the dramaturgical model, people in social sphere behave the same manner as they do in a stage, with a fixed way of behaving in the “front stage” and different in the back stage. In the front stage, which involves interaction with the physical and social surroundings, people present themselves in the manner they plan on showcasing themselves as. In the backstage people behave as they would in absence of an audience (Goffman, Erving. "The presentation of…

Mockingbirds are beautiful, singing many songs. Showing up in many ways. They do nothing other than amuse and sing for listeners enjoyment, but why hurt them? Jeremy Finch, son of Atticus Finch, brother of Scout and a citizen of Maycomb. In the beginning Jem is 10 years old and through the book ages 3 years and becomes 13. After growing up, Jem becomes courageous, protective, loving and caring. He is like a mockingbird once he grows up a bit he becomes really nice but he still gets insulted and…

In the Athenian play, Medea, Euripides explores the role of the Chorus and how their ongoing interactions with Medea influence and enhance the audience’s understanding and perception of Medea and her choices. The homogenous Chorus was a widely used technique in Ancient Greek theatre to bridge the gap between the audience’s thoughts and the performers’ actions, and for Medea, Euripides uses the naïve Chorus to observe and comment on characters' behaviours and actions, guiding the thoughts of the…

With this letting go leads to the big aspect of change throughout the show. Felix and Oscar adjust their personalities throughout the show, and become less of their archetypes; feminine and masculine. By the end of the play, the characters are no longer so far away. While Felix and Oscar start as opposites, they definitely don’t end up that way. Oscar Madison’s development is much more evident than Felix’s is. He starts the show as a self-centered,sloppy, self-proclaimed “husky man” (Simon, The…

tryout basketball A Play by Obieda Alananzeh obida alananzeh Mrs. Love Hilliard Creative Writing 29 January 2016 Characters OB MAX COACH Setting Place. Time. Lights up to reveal...describe the scene on the stage. CHARACTER 1 Dialogue. (Stage directions. These should be rare. Use them for necessary action, not to describe how someone speaks--write better dialogue for that.) CHARACTER 2 Dialgoue. MAX Approaches OB and says” hey man are you ready for the…

In this essay I will investigate the role of healing, music and dance in South Asian Sufism. This is a very relevant subject matter throughout the World as religious groups and tribes utilise the above activities in number of ways. Many religious groups partake in dance and musical activities for enjoyment and improved social life only where as other groups like Sufism do this to affect the human psyche and body. They see this as a way to soothe, incite, excite, distract and even heal one’s self…

In the production of our play, Rabbit Hole, my role was that of the Technical Director. In this role, I wrote out and controlled the lighting of the stage from the control room at the back of the auditorium. I used differently coloured lights and various lighting positions to evoke different emotions from the audience. The choice of using the front lights to light up stage left and stage centre was to focus attention on the “living room” set in the play. Stage right was occasionally lit up…