Rofiat Ajisegiri LSC performing Arts 16/17

After reading the play Mother Figure i have discovered that Lucy's character might have postnatal depression due to the symptoms of the illness and how it's evidently linked to her behaviour in the play. ( click link to read blog -http://rofiatajisegiril3performingarts.blogspot.co.uk/2017/10/blogging-research.html ) I have also carried out detailed research on postnatal depression in order to deeply understand the emotional perspective of this character( here is a link to a website that talks about all the different types of depression that can affect new mothers - http://everyonesbusiness.org.uk/?page_id=6 )   ,After researching about post natal depression i read the following case study of someone who also suffered from the illness. ( http://mummyitsok.com/blog/my-postpartum-depression/ ) this helps to understand how the charcter is actually feeling so i can truthfully react to her in a way that wont make it look exaggerated because the style of the play is nat...

What is naturalism? Naturalism is a form of creating the illusion of reality for an audience. It’s is very bealiveable and it is not always glamorous. In order to portray the theatricality of naturalism in a play you need to be able to; pay a lot of attention to detail. slow paced. 3D characters (attention to detail) . very authentic. Domestic settings.  Naturalism is like a slice of reality, it should absorb the audience in the play because it always comments on human behaviour, nature and the relationships. 

John Godber was a drama teacher in Thatcherite Britain, how does this influence the theme and theatrical style of the play Teechers? John Godber was a drama teacher in Thatcherite Britain and this influenced the play Teechers in various ways,  the play had subtle messages behind it, for example when Mr Nixon was talking to Mr Bashford.  Below are the main aspects of his past that i think might have affected the theme of the play whilst John Godber was a teacher in Thatcherite Britain. Margaret Thatcher became Britain’s Conservative party leader and then became the first woman to hold the position of prime minister in 1979. She was prime minister for 11 years (1979 -1990) and was nicknamed “Iron Lady”. During her three terms, she cut social welfare programs, reduced trade union power and privatized certain industries.  Thatcher was first subsequently appointed the cabinet as secretary of state for education and science - This could have affected the theme of the ...

After working on my vocal weaknesses i research a few more things to do in order to improve them and make them my strength and i found theses exercises and what they do; Relaxing the jaw -  This is so important, it creates room in the mouth for the tongue to move freely, which is the part of our mouth that creates the shapes for us to articulate sounds , so it really helps with oral resonance. Try saying “ahhhh” with a tense jaw and then hear the difference when you allow the jaw to drop open. Do this a few times to warm up your jaw and it will help relax it. Strengthen your tongue.  Do exercises such as letting the jaw drop open and pointing out the tongue, touching it to the top lip, bottom lip, top teeth, bottom teeth, top gum ridge behind your top teeth, and the bottom gum ridge behind your bottom teeth, the hard palate and the floor of mouth. Repeat the sequence five times and don’t forget to breathe or make sure that the jaw  remains relaxed! Bre...

Themes / ideas in our play  Motherhood / Motherly love.  Suspense. Friendship. Relationship (struggles). confusion. Change of identity after becoming a mother. Research  . Confusions  was written in 1974 by Alan Ayckbourn. it is stylised and it deals with common theme of loneliness and relationships and especially change of identity when joining parenthood. Alan Ayckbourn said  "I don't think that I've ever been a political writer, but I think I've been a social writer,". He is interested in the world around him even though he genuinely writes about the domestics which had full real emotion and pain, and even violence. He used the elements as subtle message through the use of comedy and theatrical ingenuity. https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2014/mar/28/alan-ayckbourn-never-political-social-writer I believe that the cultural context of the play is that "Women stays at home to look after the cave , whilst men goes o...

Q1.Reflecting back to when you first started your voice and actor unit how would you describe your voice? When I first started the voice and actor  unit I think my voice was weak because my clarity whilst projecting was really bad. I found it hard to clearly say my lines whilst trying to project. Also I wasn't able to articulate well  because I have an accent so saying the lines clearly and articulate was hard for me and it felt like a tongue twister.  Q2. Once you began to be more aware of your voice when working on text, what would you describe as vocal strength as a performer? When working on text , I think my vocal strength was projection and breath control these are my strengths because I was able to project my words in order for the audience to hear me, I did this by picking a point on the wall and then I sent my lines to it. Breath control  helped me process my words without losing too much breath in order to stop me being breathless whilst saying my lin...