You just live in cotton bud fields
Nothings real just asleep just asleep
And sun sets do lie
And flowers don't smell
Thought I knew you well
But the snail just hides in it's shell
Forgive me my love is forgotten
My thoughts have gone rotten
My passion is ending
These words are now sending
All my fear
I'm sorry my dear
But the sound is too loud
I'm loosing my cloud
The chants are calling out
Walk as the chief
Walk with lions
Side by side
Into the dark into night
Wednesday, 9 February 2011
Thursday, 20 January 2011
My First Short Film :0)
This film was in Camden, there was two camera men and on one guy helping out with the light.
The experience was great and it was fun working with the actors. The film took a day to shoot, this was a students production from the SEA London University.
Hope you enjoy it !
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The experience was great and it was fun working with the actors. The film took a day to shoot, this was a students production from the SEA London University.
Hope you enjoy it !
Please copy and paste the link below into your browser
http://vimeo.com/18968960
Monday, 17 January 2011
Community Focus Project!
Our new project is to produce a show working together with a community focus group, the main idea comes from the newly joined group who we are working with, this group is mainly disabled. Learning to communicate with them can sometimes be challenging, however it is also extremely rewarding.
There are four members, Bev, Keven, Phil and Andy.
Each member is totally individual and has something different to offer the group.
The show will be performed on Valentines Day in the Studio Theatre at the Arts Depot, due to it being performed on this day we decided to create a comedy based on Valentines Day.
So far the the idea has started with the play to be set in a restaurant, we have also talked about incorporating a song that everybody would sing. Overall I believe this to be a very positive experience and I am looking forward to it.
There are four members, Bev, Keven, Phil and Andy.
Each member is totally individual and has something different to offer the group.
The show will be performed on Valentines Day in the Studio Theatre at the Arts Depot, due to it being performed on this day we decided to create a comedy based on Valentines Day.
So far the the idea has started with the play to be set in a restaurant, we have also talked about incorporating a song that everybody would sing. Overall I believe this to be a very positive experience and I am looking forward to it.
Thursday, 9 December 2010
Brecht Workshop - The Rehearsals
The rehearsals so far are going well, we are starting our piece with a Kurt Weill song- Alabama Song.
This has a dark element to it, the song is about a man who feels like the world has got the better of him, he ends up killing a little girl, this lyrics is stated in the song... 'Oh show me the way to the next little girl, Oh don't ask why"
The man has gone mad and can only think about drinking his life away, stated in the song "show me the way to the next whiskey bar"
The main motive for this beginning piece is to feel disorientated and slightly mad.
There is some choreography and it's main objective is to intimidate the crowed by braking the fourth wall and focusing on the girls.
The rest of the pieces are based on Brecht's poems, some are performed as a whole group and some are performed as split groups, we have all put our ideas into each performance.
This has a dark element to it, the song is about a man who feels like the world has got the better of him, he ends up killing a little girl, this lyrics is stated in the song... 'Oh show me the way to the next little girl, Oh don't ask why"
The man has gone mad and can only think about drinking his life away, stated in the song "show me the way to the next whiskey bar"
The main motive for this beginning piece is to feel disorientated and slightly mad.
There is some choreography and it's main objective is to intimidate the crowed by braking the fourth wall and focusing on the girls.
The rest of the pieces are based on Brecht's poems, some are performed as a whole group and some are performed as split groups, we have all put our ideas into each performance.
Friday, 26 November 2010
Finally It All Makes Sense- Introducing Kurt Weill !!!!
Well... I am so excited to discover the genius Kurt Weill- it all makes so much sense now, I understand my passion for this sound, I have always been very inspired by The Doors, Jim Morrison has always hit the nail on the head, but now I understand his inspirations- Kurt Weill, of course, with his interesting chord changes, he is most definitely the foundation for music, a seminal composer. Listening to all the music that inspires me from Kate Bush who is very theatrical to The Door, it seems to me that they would have also been inspired by Kurt Weill.
This might sound insane but I have always believed I was around in the 1920's era, I never knew exactly why, but now after discovering Brecht and Weill it makes sense why I feel so connected to this era… it all began here, the art, the music, the expression, the gruesome sense of humor that I adore and finally the messages.
Being Jewish and listening to this music almost brings back a sense of remembrance, the kind of music that is heard in the synagogue, the kind of music the Rabbi sings; it's a very exciting feeling for me.
It has so much passion; it's almost religious in a way.
Now to also to discover Lotte Lenya, who was married to Weill, a fantastic quirky singer, I love her voice, the tone is so distinctive, she is another inspiration, like Liza Minnelli, who is so fantastic in Cabaret- she is so quirky, she was not classically beautiful but so striking and even more eye catching.
Over all I am very excited for the new project ahead, Brecht, Weill- here we come!
Left is Kurt Weill.
Above - Lotte Lenya- Quirky Singer- Married to Kurt Weill.
Liza Minnelli
This might sound insane but I have always believed I was around in the 1920's era, I never knew exactly why, but now after discovering Brecht and Weill it makes sense why I feel so connected to this era… it all began here, the art, the music, the expression, the gruesome sense of humor that I adore and finally the messages.
Being Jewish and listening to this music almost brings back a sense of remembrance, the kind of music that is heard in the synagogue, the kind of music the Rabbi sings; it's a very exciting feeling for me.
It has so much passion; it's almost religious in a way.
Now to also to discover Lotte Lenya, who was married to Weill, a fantastic quirky singer, I love her voice, the tone is so distinctive, she is another inspiration, like Liza Minnelli, who is so fantastic in Cabaret- she is so quirky, she was not classically beautiful but so striking and even more eye catching.
Over all I am very excited for the new project ahead, Brecht, Weill- here we come!
Left is Kurt Weill.Above - Lotte Lenya- Quirky Singer- Married to Kurt Weill.
Liza Minnelli
Tuesday, 23 November 2010
Introducing Bertolt Brecht.
Brecht : 1898-1956, he was a German poet, playwright and theatre director.
Many people thought of Brecht's work as political and unemotional, this was not the case, he had a strong passion for politics but due to human conditions, this is what led him to write challenging and truthful pieces of theatre.
He would mostly focus on themes such as crime, drink, rape, murder, prostitution, and mob violence- over all, Humanity.
From his late twenties Brecht remained a life-long committed Marxist, this developed into his works.
He worked very closely with Erwin Piscator and together they developed epic theatre, introducing film on the stage.
Piscator loved technology and early film, he would use projection whilst Brecht would compliment with banners and placards.
The two together called it " agit prop" which came to describe any kind of leftist politicized art.
Brecht had a motive and this was to engage with an audience, showing every day to day life, reflecting, pushing, nudging, he wanted people to think about themselves and their every day to day life.
He was confrontational and showed reality.
Brechts was a very early post modernist, a theatrical magpie, he would steel bits and pieces of life, from news papers, theatre, people and their every day to day lives, in order to create his work he would show not the black and white but the grey of people and life.
Brecht has influenced artists and many theatrical productions of this time, he is a true genius and has made a huge impact on theatre and the arts of today.
Bellow-Bertolt Brecht
Many people thought of Brecht's work as political and unemotional, this was not the case, he had a strong passion for politics but due to human conditions, this is what led him to write challenging and truthful pieces of theatre.
He would mostly focus on themes such as crime, drink, rape, murder, prostitution, and mob violence- over all, Humanity.
From his late twenties Brecht remained a life-long committed Marxist, this developed into his works.
He worked very closely with Erwin Piscator and together they developed epic theatre, introducing film on the stage.
Piscator loved technology and early film, he would use projection whilst Brecht would compliment with banners and placards.
The two together called it " agit prop" which came to describe any kind of leftist politicized art.
Brecht had a motive and this was to engage with an audience, showing every day to day life, reflecting, pushing, nudging, he wanted people to think about themselves and their every day to day life.
He was confrontational and showed reality.
Brechts was a very early post modernist, a theatrical magpie, he would steel bits and pieces of life, from news papers, theatre, people and their every day to day lives, in order to create his work he would show not the black and white but the grey of people and life.
Brecht has influenced artists and many theatrical productions of this time, he is a true genius and has made a huge impact on theatre and the arts of today.
Bellow-Bertolt Brecht
Character Analysis
I feel my character was totally in the moment, especially when my Que for drinking water, only to discover that the props for this were not set on the table, James and I had to improvise and I felt totally convinced with James' and my reaction to this, there was tension added which made the scene more interesting.
Vocally it started well, however towards the end of the performance the vocal could of been a little more louder. Physically I did look and feel vulnerable.
The audience was in the moment with us, I do feel I could of fourth walled a little more than I did.
I do feel there was a definite truth between the characters. It was very emotional and any improvisation that need to happen was done with complete conviction.
Vocally it started well, however towards the end of the performance the vocal could of been a little more louder. Physically I did look and feel vulnerable.
The audience was in the moment with us, I do feel I could of fourth walled a little more than I did.
I do feel there was a definite truth between the characters. It was very emotional and any improvisation that need to happen was done with complete conviction.
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