Australian theatre A Mackie Stolen The surrealism of the play gives it a more psychologically oriented plot Reinforced by the
e use of Brechtian Epic theatre and Transformationalist theatre The writer I want to create social change by telling stories The idea of creating the change through showing how aboriginals were mistreated in the era of the Stolen Generation Plays on the idea of innocence lost throughout the performance Significant moment Quote Issue presented Unspoken Abuse 1, 2 I promised not to tell The issue of sexual abuse of those of the stolen generation Technique Song Childrens chanting/ singsong Lived Experience In workshopping this scene we came to the conclusion that cutting the sing-song for the aforementioned quote, which gave far more weight to the message in the line rather than continuing the chanting which the script continues in this line. In creating this scene I envisaged the authorative figures to surround and appear malignant. In doing this I wanted to add uplighting to cerate a Chiaroscuro like effect to give the authorative figures more of a sinister look to reinforce their intentions towards ruby. In workshopping this scene, we found it hard to add any physicalisation to it outside of Annes reaction to the torment. This ultimately led my group to decide that we should look more into the verbal side of the scene. In doing this we had _______ play Anne in a spotlight while the other
Rubys descent into madness
Cook for me Ruby
The impact of the abuse indigenous Australians being removed from their own society The conflict of origins of those indigenous Australians who have been brought up in mainstream society
Chorus
Am I black or white?
But were your real family
Voice-over/Voice Sound-scape
Cleaning routine 2
Oh yes we love to work like slaves
The subjugation of Indigenous children into mainstream households
Parody
characters just talk at her. In this way I felt we addressed the more psychological side of the scene, as Anne becomes conflicted as to her origins. The haunting nature of this song struck home to my group when we workshopped this song, as it made the tune rather sinister. This parody of an Australian cultural icon created an awkward tension as watching my class perform this scene confronted me as a white Australian.
A beautiful Life Half of the story is in the actions Significant moment Scene 3 The truck scene Quote Dad ends up in this ute with thirteen Jews Issue presented What refugees suffer in their escape attempts Technique Narration Lived Experience Forces the audience to empathise with Amir and his thoughts on what happened, as he provides the link between the audience and the characters. This was evident from our performance of the scene where from my partners conscious destruction of the fourth wall obviously drew the audience into the performance. After seeing a recording of the Matrix production, I
Cont.
(Transformationalist
The danger of escaping
Rapid set
set)
from tyrannical countries Both scripts tend to vilify the actions of mainstream Australians in order to create sympathy towards their marginalised groups What forces people to become refugees
changes
Scene 4 - Interview
Shock tactics of dramatic physicalisatio n Imagined violence
noticed how the high speed of the set changes gave rise to a significant level of tension to the scene. In workshopping the scene my group decided to recreate this effect Here we followed the blocking within the script to suggest evil within the journalists of mainstream society -
Scene 15 Interrogation Scene
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Contemporary theatre is able to draw on a range of theatrical techniques and conventions
