Catching Up

With our teacher back at school with us, we started class of today by discussing the number of shows she saw while in London. For me, the most interesting description by far belong to The Lord of the Rings. Coincidentally I had read about the movie turned stage performance perhaps more than a year ago. Now fully realized, it was amazing just to hear the various special effects described. With revolve elevators and pogo-stick shoes, who wouldn't be interested? After discussing the performing and attending aspect of theatre, we then revisited the IB tasks that we will be completing next years. Each discussion we had for our four tasks eventually resulted in a future assignment that will aid us in focusing our attention. The most immediate assignment has to do with choosing any stimulus from our theatre classroom. So far, I've been interested by this knight's helmet as well as some other odds and ends. What I'm really looking for is a bike helmet, from which I can build three monologues upon. With the bike helmet, I've imagined this character that has been forced to wear a helmet in her childhood because she is so reckless and active. This monologue would probably be most accessible as one spoken to the audience directly. The second monologue, which would take place in the present, would show this character suddenly turned germaphobic after her crazy childhood. This monologue could be done in a psychologist's office with dialogue. The last monologue set in the future would still present the character in some great fear of something, and it would in this monologue that she would finally overcome her fear. Though at this moment these monologues may not seem that amusing, I feel that there is a lot of opportunity for creative blocking and plot lines. We'll see where it goes and if I may even choose an entirely different stimulus.