After Friday's rehearsal the group were feeling more confident about our performance. However, when we were asked to perform it in front of our class, without an audience to take around and without the set, we felt out of our comfort zone. Our performance demands a certain amount of set and without it, we felt as though our peers would not see the meaning of the performance.
This really knocked our confidence again, which became an obstacle because the show is on that Thursday.
We then went to The Space and spoke through our performance ideas. As well as organizing another rehearsal for the day before the show to help us practice the piece and begin to set up.
Devised theatre is what is created when a group of people come together and create a performance, using a range of creative techniques. It often has a meaningful thought as the driving force of the production. Devising is a whole process, which does not just mean the final performance but instead the whole process of how you got to the end product. You could describe it as creating a person. You start with the bones ( initial research ), once you have that you can build a bone structure ( which sometimes is too weak, so you have to find a stronger structure, involving changing your piece) . From there you add muscles and vital organs ( main events and ideas which drive the piece). The flesh is the finalizing layer of your piece so far and the details are the small parts which complete your performance. Every piece of devising is different, so you are not always creating a human, sometimes a different animal is necessary for what you performance based on.
When you work on a scripted performance, there is already a skeleton, which you need to build flesh onto. This means there is already information about the characters and the plot given, however, with a devised piece of work, you must build the skeleton structure for yourself. I find the devising process more challenging because you must have background and detailed character research, the same as a scripted piece, however, on top of that you must have solid facts and research to support your performance. I found it hard to do detailed research on the characters because I was having to put more energy into supporting the whole idea for the performance and, as director, the whole group in the development of the performance.
This video looks like the gesture theatre activity, which we did in one of our rehearsals, put into a performance.
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