Amy Thompson is our guest blogger!
Monday evening means the wonderful thing called Sapphire company. This week was a night of melodrama; stock characters, big actions and bold expressions. After best and worst, games and notices, we got into groups of three and labelled ourselves A, B and C.
'Where's the rent?'
'I don't have the rent!'
'If you don't have the rent, you're out on the streets!'
'I'll pay the rent!'
'My hero'
Of course, this was a performance including the three stock characters the hero, the villain and the victim. We took some time to develop the characters in this exercise, but we began to explore them more after merging into groups of 6. The challenge was to produce a short piece of about 15 lines with 6 stock characters: the hero, the villain, the victim, the villains companion, the old wise and the servant for the old. Sapphire are becoming experts at the joyous devising and this was definitely proven by the performances given! My group gave a twist on sleeping beauty, others quarrelled about green tea, whilst few were surprisingly good at walking with chairs as Zimmer frames...
Sapphire certainly grasped melodrama and gave their original stamp on it, but what else did you expect from Monday's group of talented young actors?
'Where's the rent?'
'I don't have the rent!'
'If you don't have the rent, you're out on the streets!'
'I'll pay the rent!'
'My hero'
Of course, this was a performance including the three stock characters the hero, the villain and the victim. We took some time to develop the characters in this exercise, but we began to explore them more after merging into groups of 6. The challenge was to produce a short piece of about 15 lines with 6 stock characters: the hero, the villain, the victim, the villains companion, the old wise and the servant for the old. Sapphire are becoming experts at the joyous devising and this was definitely proven by the performances given! My group gave a twist on sleeping beauty, others quarrelled about green tea, whilst few were surprisingly good at walking with chairs as Zimmer frames...
Sapphire certainly grasped melodrama and gave their original stamp on it, but what else did you expect from Monday's group of talented young actors?
Until next time,
Amy x
Amy x
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