• what are the themes of this play?
The themes of this play, I feel is love and trust mostly, although the play is about a boy with disabilities there was never a line said in the script or, any source of stage direction to suggest that he had social difficulties, but it was very clear in the sub-text. I strongly feel the show is about trust because looking at the characters and how there are around Christopher, they all care for Christopher, except for Rodger. It’s all about Christopher growing up, and Siobhan leaving his life, so by the end she leaves him to live his life, like forgetting an imaginary friend.
• how is it structured and how does that communicate meaning? The show is to show what is in the book he writes, so it’s mainly about what is going on in his head, and looking at the stage directions, it is mainly mathematical and well thought about, whatever Christopher says how every odd, there still a reason behind it. This show, because of Christopher’s mentality, all cast would have to have a reason for every movement, physicality, lines. It defiantly goes into the style of Brecht .
• how do the casting decisions affect your group's interpretation
It was clear that everyone had there own interpretation for the show, we all had our own idea of the characters, but yet its quite useful because everyone can help with each other to create the character everyone can see bits of their interpretation in.
• how are you approaching rehearsals so far?<br /> During rehearsals I mostly tried to think about the things you could do with the boxes, or physical theatre, I think during this unit I took to the physical theatre side to the show. I like to bring the boxes into the show more and extend the use of weight distribution.
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