Wednesday 18 January 2012

The woman who cooked Peter brook. - Why we chose good old Brook and woman who cooked

We heard of the practitioner who was against theatre as a deadily art. Peter Brooks unconventional approach to Drama; taking the boring deadiy atmosphere out of the show. We looked at several scripts and decided that the woman who cooked provided the best stimuli for what we wanted to achieve. We have developed a non-nautralistic and exciting play that draws the audience into the show. 
Our peers have claimed that our take on Debbie Isitt's play in the style of brook:

"Shows an exciting side to the non-nautralistic genre, keeps the audience hooked."

"display's a fresh take on Brooks teachings and reveals a darker side to the plays humerous message."

"The actors were fast paced and witty, but with sensual and scarier sides, all in all, their take on the Woman who cooked is anything BUT deadily!"

Tuesday 10 January 2012

Influences: thanks squirrell, stole this off you ;)

Influences;
He was influenced by other highly recognised practitioners such as Brecht which studied in the idea of ‘epic theatre’ which is the idea that the audience relates to the character, and it is naturalistic. He was also influenced by Edward Craig, which used natural, mobile theatre; he was provoked by lighting and staging. Peter Brook was heavily influenced by Antonin Artaud, who studied in the theatre of cruelty which includes intimidation and making the audience feel uncomfortable. He was also influenced by Joan Littlewood and many other practitioners.