The Little Actors began this week by designing and decorating their very own Easter eggs. They then worked together in teams using body as prop to create shapes and objects. 

After the warm up they finished the story of the wizard and the keys. Following the story around the space with props to help the imagination and also teacher in role, they then had to use some simple materials to make a time machine to get them home! They have really enjoyed following this story and being able to work together to solve the mystery. It has also allowed to them to develop their skills working in groups. 

The older group began this week with pair work improvising different scenes in a restaurant, as well as adding some accents, which led to some entertaining moments!

The story of The Seal Wife then continued, where half of the group became the children and the other half the parents. With teacher in role, the children were told to ask their parents about stories of the sea, which became short improvised moments between the pairs. The children the went back to the school and told these stories back to the rest of the group, but exaggerated the details to show how myths and legends develop. 

The students then went back into groups and were given a selection of materials and props, such as masks and lights, to create a dream of either the fisherman or the seal wife. They then performed these with lighting, music and projections of images, which was some fantastic work.

The Musical Theatre group decided which direction their performance would go in, and continued work on the song 'One Short Day' from Wicked. 

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The Story of the Seal Wife

The Little Actors this week began with a story about a wizard in a magical kingdom, which the children listened to and then created short scenes around as the story progressed.

The Older Actors started workshops on the legend 'The Seal Wife'. After creating the backdrop with body as prop over a narration of the story, the students worked in groups and focused on aspects of one character's life. They created four different tableaux representing ages of his life. By using material and projections, they created a dramatic space to perform in.

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TYA Musical Theatre-Hairspray, You Can't Stop The Beat

Musical Theatre 12.45-1.45 every Saturday at Malbank School

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The Final Chapter...

This week, Little Actors was based on the theme of a circus. The students played animal games and were then introduced to the ringmaster, who had a serious message for them. This allowed them to begin to understand teacher in role, a perfect way to lead them into a piece of work. They then worked in groups to create different scenes that would be seen in a circus. At the end of the session, they performed these scenes. Performing at the end of every week allows them to build confidence, and understand the way of working on stage.

The workshops on Fame for the older group came to an end this week. They began in pairs showing a scene of betrayal, where they had to make choices on the development of the scene and how the story would end.

For the last scene based on 'Fame' the students brought together all they had done in the past few weeks by working in groups to create a television interview between a journalist and the celebrity looking back at turning points in their life. 

The musical theatre group then worked on a dance routine for Hairspray's You Can't Stop The Beat.

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