Set Design on Bretch & RI

We have finished our mock PPP's which for me, I find went well. I actually really enjoyed doing it because it gives a chance to express yourself and come up with anything!

We have finished our Set Design project for Bretch's Mother Courage and I think that went well too. I thought that it was nice to go off on our own in one project and create our own ideas in a new role of being a set designer. We gained lots of skills that will be useful for PPP's and also for TPPP's.

Now, for the summer we have our next task which is the RI. I don't think that this is going to really hard and I think that i might actually enjoy it because I love finding out about new theatre practises that the western world has not seen or heard about before! It will be easy to write it because it is something we pick and research about, once we understand the practise and the conventions, it should be (hopefully) easy to write the RI.

I have decided to pick the theatre practise Japanese Kabuki Theatre. It began at the beginning of the 17th Century. Kabuki is now the most popular traditional Japanese theatre styles.
Important Conventions of Kabuki:

• Play Structure - the plays do not usually last an hour or two, people dedicate a full day of entertainment to escape the world but in more modern days, plays are shorter. A full length play will involve 5 acts. 
• Make-up is important, rice poweder is a main ingredient to create the facial makeup. Colours on the face represent the characters character,emotons or personality. 
• Stage design is important for the storyline and characters. Different aspects like, traps, attached wires for flying, mid-scene changes... is important.