Workshop 2: Ran by Katie, started with us watching a interview about a daughter not being allowed to see a boy because her father was strict and rather protective, we were asked to pick out 3 movements from the video (verbatim) and mimic them till we felt they were perfected, we then again split into groups of two and asked questions about the father and tried to involve the movements from the interview to create a realistic portrayal of the character we had watched.
After creating a more in depth character we decided to bring it further to life and use forum theatre to create 3 different scenes, intervening when we thought necessary to improve or experiment with a new idea, we first did the awkward "meet the parents for the first time" we played the boyfriend as different characters, respectful and hardworking, a college drop out, and a nervous shy character. We then moved on to the car scene on the way home from meeting the boyfriend the first time, the interrogation of who, where what etc. we again experimented with the characters, the mother being controlling, the father being care free, the teenager being stubborn or naïve after experimenting we had 2 scenes that fitted well together with a sense of comedy and family conflict either between mother and father or daughter and father. This was interesting to do as we saw that conflict didn't need to be dark or sad and that conflict could be expressed in a comical fashion that could add some relief to our piece.
Try to go further and think about how you could use this idea in your work. Can you discuss the idea of contrast? Between conflict and peace? Where is the harmony?
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