Two theatre practitioners who specialise in dramatic theatre, often using techniques to engage audiences with strong emotions or social commentary, are Augusto Boal and Bertolt Brecht. Boal’s “Theatre of the oppressed” encourages audience participation and social change, while Brecht’s Epic Theatre” aims to alienate the audience from the illusion of the play to encourage critical thinking.

Augusto Boal is known for creating “Theatre of the Oppressed,” a form of interactive theatre that invites audience members to become more active participants in the play, exploring power dynamics and social injustices. His work emphasizes the potential of theatre to transform lives and inspire collective action.

Bertolt Brecht is famous for his “Epic Theatre” a theatrical approach that challenges the audience to critically examine social and political issues. Brecht’s techniques, such as breaking the fourth wall, using narration, and incorporating song and dance, aim to create a sense of distance between the audience and the play’s illusion, encouraging them to reflect on the themes presented.

He is a Sephardi and has spend much of his career interested in the meeting of minds of Jews and Muslims. He was an associate artist of the theatre company MUJU and (a Muslim-Jewish theater company.

Career and works- In theatre his recent plays include The Disappearance of Slobbo (Orange Tree) , Gigi & Dar (Arcola Theatre), Kiss, Marry, Push off cliff (National Theatre), The get (BBC Radio 3) Once Upon a time in Nazi Occupied Tunisia (Almeida Theatre), The Mikva Project (Orange Tree Theatre, Yard Theatre & BBC Radio 4). Buggy Baby (Yard Theatre).

He often writes comic tragedy and deals with the mundane and absurd combined.

Impact and Recognition- Josh won a channel 4 playwright award for Buggy Baby, The LA Theatre Works production of Once Upon a time in Nazi occupied Tunisia is nominated for the best audio drama at The Audies.

Well he is critically acclaimed and loved by audiences.

What’s most inspiring is that hes young for someone who’s achieved so much and his work is very original.

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Hannah is a director and dramaturg, with a focus on new writing and work centered around the female and/or queer experience. She is Artistic director and theater company Damsel Productions, who recently co-producted the sell out show The Ministry of Lesbian Affairs at Soho Theatre.

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Tamer is living with his parents along with his 2 older brothers who think it’s funny to boss him around considering hes the youngest and is quite easily manipulated. So recently his brothers were playing truth or dare with Tamer and their dared Tamer to get a tattoo of a negative word which is “Loser” and even though he didn’t want to do it, his brothers made him. So far, he hasn’t shown his mum or dad yet and has kept it covered for the whole trip.

Yes, I do think it was premeditated because of if it wasn’t why else would Marco check to make sure tamer (me) was fully asleep

If it isn’t, where does Marco get the padlock?

Not sure, but maybe he had a spare key given by the group years back and kept it with him incase he needed it.

Is Marco intending to scary Ricky, without intending to kill him?

I’d say no because it felt like he did plan it ahead of time.

Maybe Marco wants to say his peace, and sees Ricky as his main rival?

Maybe hes marco’s main rival because he helped Ricky the most in the past and when he got kicked out of the friend group he felt the most betrayed from Ricky.

Does Marco want to rejoin the group?

At first, I think he did want to come back but, then realised hes better off without them especially after what he did they will definitely snitch on him.

Is Marco just trying to silence Ricky?

Not sure.

Is he testing the rest of the group to see if they’ll rescue Ricky?

I don’t think so, considering the whole group isn’t in that scene but maybe he didn’t know that.

Is Marco motivated by the humiliation of being found semi-naked, which is terrible for a teenage boy?

I don’t think so.

At the start of the play, Ricky drags Marco in his sleeping bag; is this a tit for tat?

No.

measurable- Attending weekly acting lessons focusing on building on my confidence and volunteering to share my ideas more with the group.

Achievable- Practicing at home doing any kind work for at least 30 mins daily to also become more independent.

Relevant- Building more confidence to lead. (warm ups)

Time-bound- 10th march to the 20th may (2 months and 10 days).

The reason why Enid Blyton is mentioned in the play is because one of the characters refers her.

Another scene we added was at the beginning, where we all are in a circle wearing our leavers shirts and saying goodbye to all our friends and celebrating for the last time. We added this scene to extend the play a bit and to also make the beginning a lot more interesting overall.

Measurable- Attending weekly acting lessons and focusing on building my confidence to volunteering to share my ideas public.

Achievable- Practicing at home doing any sort of work for minimum 30 mins per day.

Relevant- Building courage to lead the group(warm ups).

Time-bound- 10th of march to the 20th of may (2 months and 10 days).

Stage Manager

The responsibilities and duties for this role are being in charge or everything and everyone backstage to ensure the smooth running of the show. The skills required for this role are organisation, attention to detail, managing people, multitasking. The director and the actors relie on the stage manager to provide the backdrop and the machine to help the creativity come to life on stage. https://youtu.be/hQ_TqCThKTo?si=nXUPVutoKpV-4JYy this is an example of someone doing the role stage manger on a professional production

I can see myself doing this role in the future because I have the capacity to be well organised, I have a good eye for detail and I’m also good at multitasking. Another good reason why I think I’m suitable for this role is because I’m a bit of a control freak as in for instance, when we were doing kiss, marry, push off cliff every time I wasn’t in a scene I would go straight to the script to keep track of cues and timing for everybody. I also have an awareness of what and who needs to be on stage where and when.

Bertolt Brecht was one of the most influential playwrights of the 20th century. His works include The Threepenny Opera (1928) with composer Kurt Weill, Mother Courage and Her Children (1941), The Good Person of Szechwan (1943), and The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui (1958).

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He was born on the 16th of March in 1931 in Rio de Janeiro State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and died on the 2nd of may in 2009 (aged 78) due to respiratory failure caused by leukaemia in Rio de Janeiro, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

He was born on the 9th of January in 1929 in Eppendorf, Germany and died on the 30th of December in 1995 (aged 66) in Berlin, Germany due to cancer.