Day 3

Day 3

This lesson we continued to work on and expand our ideas from the last two lessons.

We decided that our audience should be in a donut-type shape. There will be room in the middle of the circle for the 'ring master' and the lion at the start of the performance. The drama cabin will be our stage, and outside the drama cabin will be backstage. So, we'll be running from one door, going around the outside of the room, and enter through the second door.

This is the style we decided on as a team:

The audience will sit in a donut-shape

What we discussed this lesson:

Since I was at a music lesson, I missed half of the lesson and most of the notes we discussed, but I am now caught up. We wrote a detailed response to exactly what we want to happen in the first three scenes.

Before the Show:

Before the show starts, the 'Introducer,' the lion and the lion tamer will take people's tickets and show them where to sit. This makes it seem more like an actual circus than just a drama performance. Allie, who is going to be the first actor to play the young girl, will sit in the audience whilst everyone else is backstage.

First Scene:

The show will start off by the 'Introducer' (Bridget Bos) saying "Our final act for tonight is..." and that's when Bridget Bur (Lion Tamer), Sarah (Helper) and Peta (Lion) come into the middle of the audience. They do their act (We're still undecided on exactly what their act will be) and then one of them will say "Thank you for coming and watching the circus! Goodnight!" and the lights will turn off and they will exit. Then, a spotlight turns onto the clown and it says "We need a volunteer." The young girl (Allie) says "But the show has finished." and the clown responds by saying, "No, we've only just begun." The clown will snatch the teddy bear from Allie and will run out of the room with Allie following.

Second Scene:

The second scene starts with the clown running in past the lion and hides near a cupboard. The young girl runs in and will be scared of the lion. The lion will growl and the young girl will freeze. She runs out the door with the lion chasing her.

Peta will then become the girl instead of Allie.

Third Scene:

In the third room that the girl runs into, there will be contortionists (Bridget Bur, Bridget Bos and Sarah) behind a scene. The young girl (Peta) tries to go back the way she came, but that's when I come out, blocking her way. The contortionists will gather around her, doing all these tricks and saying bad things to her which represent her thoughts. The young girl breaks through the mean thoughts by breaking through the bridge the contortionists will make. Peta exits with the contortionists and clown following her.

Bridget Bur will then become the young girl instead of Peta.