My Independent study.
The central theme is a woman's desire to have a child, showed by Yerma, or 'Her' as she is living a successful life as a blogger, but is deprived of her happiness by her inability to become fertile. Her obsession is made more obvious through the modern pressures and jealousy through people around her having the ability to conceive.
Frantic assembly is a production/theatre company which focuses on physical theatre, mixed with naturalistic acting. They use relationships to bring across a story which uses physicality, collaboration, minimalism and music. The company focuses on never having a set story, with many workshops, to create episodes and sequences which are then...
This play was written by Tom Stoppard and first performed in 1966. It is a piece of Absurd theatre, exploring existentialism and randomness of life, and nature of reality and the search for meaning in life. It focuses on two courtiers summoned by the king of Denmark to spy on Hamlet and deliver a message which is supposed to tell...
Absurd theatre emerged in mid 20th century after WWII because it caused many practitioners to question the meaning of life, trying to express that through Theatre. It is normally portrayed through comedy with existential themes, normally stupid characters using nonsensical dialogue in illogical situations, with a theme that life has no meaning.
The Metamorphosis is a novella written by Franz Kafka, first published in 1915, that tells the story of Gregor Samsa, a traveling fabric salesman who wakes up one morning to find himself transformed into a giant insect. The work is a landmark in intentionally ridiculous literature, exploring themes such as alienation, guilt, identity, and the...
Berkoff focuses on the physical abilities of the actors in substitution for sets and props, often being called total theatre. He uses Brechtian styles and techniques from Jacques Lecoq.