The Italia Conti School of Theatre Arts presented Men Should Weep by Ena Lemont Steward in the Chelsea Theatre this week. A dark, yet at times comical, play about poverty in Glasgow in the 1930s depression. I wanted to quickly mention this play put on by my third years, because it is truly excellent. Especially [...]
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Italia Conti School of Theatre Arts: Men Should Weep
Posted in Reviews, School, Theatre on July 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Movement: The Moment, Before and After
Posted in School on July 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In one of my movement classes we were asked to go to a gallery and pick a piece of art with two or more figures in it that grabbed our attention. I picked the Death of Sardanapalusby E. Delacroix. In the painting Sardanapalus, facing military defeat, ordered the death and destruction of all his worldly [...]
Musee des Beaux Arts by W.H. Auden
Posted in Inspirational, School, tagged Musee des Beaux Arts, Poem, W.H. Auden on February 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Another poem that I liked that we are working on in Voice class.
Musee des Beaux Arts
About suffering they were never wrong,
The Old Masters: how well they understood
Its human position; how it takes place
While someone else is eating or opening a window or just walking dully along;
How, when the aged are reverently, passionately waiting
For the [...]
Singing Lesson: Feb 25
Posted in School, Singing Lessons on February 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
More singing exercises:
On Italian vowels:
a = ah
i = ee
e = ay
o = oh (as in cold)
u = oo
Head Voice (Only up to E sharp)
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/ on kiu / on lu [...]
Singing Lesson: Feb 18
Posted in School, tagged Singing Lesson on February 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I had my third singing lesson with my new tutor, Brenda, today. And, as usual, it was fab! I’m gonna post a review of the exercises and notes and stuff, mainly for my personal use because I keep misplacing my notes.
Warm up:
1 3 5 8 8 8 8 5 3 1 on Ga (dark ah as [...]
School Work: Solo Story
Posted in School, Theatre on February 17, 2008 | 1 Comment »
We have two more weeks to bring together our Solo Story Project. For our Solo Story we each have to pick a story from our lives that caused a life changing moment and find a creative way to tell it in about 5 to 7 minutes. Here is my story:
“I was 16 the first time [...]
School Work: After Miss Julie
Posted in School, Theatre, tagged After Miss Julie, Patrick Mauber on February 17, 2008 | 1 Comment »
For our scene study project this term we are working through scenes from After Miss Julie by Patrick Mauber (author of Closer and Dealer’s Choice). A rewrite of Strinberg’s Miss Julie, and relocated from 1888 to 1945, Mauber’s After Miss Julie, like the original is about sexual power struggle played out between Miss Jullie, daughter to [...]
School Work: The Cherry Orchard
Posted in School, Theatre, tagged Anton Chekov, The Cherry Orchard, Theatre on February 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
One of the big projects this term is a cut down version, about an hour and forty minutes, of Anton Chekovs The Cherry Orchard.
Synopsis: After five years abroad Madame Luyba Ravneskaya returns to her family estate, only to find that it is up for auction due to her large amount of debt. There she reunites with her [...]
