TIE- Theatre In Education

In todays lesson we talked about out first Unit Theatre In Education, we discussed a few possible outcomes. We also discussed some of the different techniques we could use in our performances. 

We discussed Choral Speaking, Tableaux, Improvisation, Role Playing and Re-enactment. 

In the above picture Mr. Evans put Pedro and Danny into this position and told them to freeze he then asked us to describe the action. By doing this we were able to understand that we can have a frozen background and then choral speaking to explain what was going on. By doing this I learnt that Drama isn't only short play it can be a lot more. 

When we began talking about improvisation Kenny and Mr. Evans showed us a short improvising act to show us how improvising can bring new ideas to the table.

On of the important things I remember Mr. Evans telling us is that by using improvisation you may actually do something that makes the play better so it would be a good idea for members of the group to switch roles and then improvise on behalf of the other person and by doing this someone else may take something you did to their character and use it to make the play better. 

After a bit of fun we moved on to talking about our TIE unit in more detail. 

TIE - Theatre In Education

We researched 3 TIE combines individually and wrote brief introductions about each one and then we choose our favourite one and discussed it in more detail. 

Brain Storm Productions:

Brain Storm Productions is a two-person show and they help around 350,000 students each year learn about anti-bullying, cyber bullying and welfare education. They are award winning and focus on productions in primary schools. Their aim is to reduce the amount of bullying in schools and improve the wellbeing of students and their behaviour.  

Class Act: 

Class Act is the biggest non-profit TIE company in Western Australia, the company has been set up to run on its own resources. Class Act combines modern day issues with a mix of comedy, dance and songs. They mainly work towards issues such as the environment, bullying, depression and the significance of family. Class Act uses the language of the schoolyard and brings these serious issues to life, making them esaily understandable by young kids and even the teachers. 

Take Away Theatre Company:
Take Away Theatre is a TIE company based in the UK, Take Away takes serious matters and changes them into a drama performances. One of their most popular performance is called 'Hope.' 'Hope' teaches people about Anti-Bullying. Take Away also does some performance like cinderella where they emphasise the moral of the story.

After reading and researching about the different TIE companies I became more interested in this unit because it gave me a better idea of what we will be doing. The company I was most interested in was Brain Storm Productions. I liked the fact that they use different methods of acting to convey different messages. After briefly researching about Brain Storm Production I went and did a little more research because I was very interested in it. I found out that Brain Storm Productions have worked very hard to get to where they are now. They combine children stories with an important life lesson. After their performance they sit with the children so that they can discuss the significance of the message sent by the performance, they also do activities with the children to further convey a certain message.