Dueting with Frantic Assembly (Rehearsal – 20/02/2015)

On the 20th of February 2015, I came into Forefront’s rehearsal  with the idea of wanting to produce a physical theatre scene that explores somebody trying to break into or out of adulthood. After some great physical exercises ran by Mia Kaur (Forefront’s Choreographer), I had our performers create some chair duets, similar to those Frantic Assembly create. As seen in the video below (franticassembly2008).

I gave each duet, and one group of three, a theme or scenario of what they were doing and then allowed them the freedom to create a physical theatre piece using their bodies and the chairs they were on. The themes were all linked to adulthood and growing up, such as being on a date and drinking at a pub with a friend. These simple ideas opened the imagination of the performers and enabled them to create simple yet effective chair duets, as can be seen in the photographs below.

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Love story from Webley (2015)

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Love Triangle from Webley (2015)

Once all the performers showed their work back it became apparent to Emmie Kearns (Forefront’s assistant director) and I that we could put the seperate pieces of work together to create a timeline of relationships. This work opened the minds of our performers to the world of physical theatre.

Tamsyn.

Work Cited:

franticassembly (2008) Chair Duets by Frantic Assembly. Available from:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYPC-KjLRj0 [Accessed 25 May 2015]

Webley, T. (2015) Love story 

Webley, T. (2015) Love Triangle 

 

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