14th June - Sixth Formers feedback

A group of A level drama sixth formers watched our piece and gave us a more in depth, and helpful bit of feedback for our piece. They are studying A level drama and so have more of an understanding and knowledge of Theatre in Education.

Here is what they said:
Natasha -

This is an effective piece of Theatre In Education because:

Very powerful imagery that would be shocking to the audience.The inclusion of the audience and interactivity ensured the performance was effective and educational.

What conventions had we used and were they effective?

-songs to introduce topic

-Thought tracking

-strong imagery; Skeleton which anchored meaning, very effective.

-Audience participation- Brecht's- tickle/slap technique - "Trapped, Fat, Alone." YES,very effective.

Performance based added comments:

Really good managing of questions in hot seating activity.

Poppy -

Was this an effective piece of Theatre In Education?:

-Imogen did well to maintain singing during the pupils sitting and moving.

-Use of narrative and direct address informs the audience

What conventions had we used and were they effective?:

-Unison of questions.

- Mirror sequence- unique , well done!

-Audience participation.

Any more performance comments and improvements:

- The menu sequence improved.

-Hair needed to be tied back.

-Good audience choice to talk to about anorexia.

-Beth clearly knew her character.

-Would have been better to include statistics about anorexia.

- Needed Beth's character to leave before moving on after the hot seating.

Gemma -

Was this an effective piece of Theatre In Education?:

-Good sense of reality when putting across the thoughts of Stacey.

-Informative whilst being enjoyable.

-Involving the audience.

-great representation of the skeleton representing Stacey's body.

What conventions had we used, were they good and effective?:

-The mirror images

-The repetitive "fat, trapped, alone." - could be improved by more shouting and more build up.

-Song at the start worked very well, with the lyrics complimenting the piece.

Anything we could have improved on any more comments?:

-To be more open when acting, open arms.

-More gestures.

-Beth was Great at managing questions in hot seating.

-Good use of freeze frames.

-Direct address was done well.

This feedback is very helpful and a lot more in depth than the year 8's feedback. I  liked having a variety of age ranges viewing our piece as it gives us a variety of feedback to help us evaluate our piece.