Positive Stories For Negative Times, Volume Two (eBook, PDF)

Seven Plays For Young People to Perform in Real Life or Remotely
Redaktion: Wonder Fools

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Seven exciting new plays for young people written specifically in response to a world in the midst of a pandemic, accompanied by a handbook from Wonder Fools with guidance for staging the plays, and other creative responses, either online or live in the space. Commissioned as part of Wonder Fools' national participatory project Positive Stories for Negative Times: Season 2, these plays offer a variety of stories, styles and forms for ages between 6 and 25. Spyrates 2 (Spies vs Pirates): Journey to the Forbidden Island by Robbie Gordon & Jack Nuse Featuring spies, pirates, robots, talking animals and everything in between, 'Spyrates' is an interactive, playful and imaginative adventure story. Ages 6+ At First I Was Afraid... (I Was Petrified!) by Douglas Maxwell A feel-good comedy drama about a girl who keeps a diary of all her anxieties; but as she moves from Primary School to Secondary, from normal life to Lockdown, all of her worries appear to come true. Ages 11 + The Raven by Hannah Lavery A play full of adventure and an exploration of what shapes and what divides us, exploring issues of blended families, bullying, overeating, depression and isolation. Ages 11 + Thanks For Nothing by The PappyShow This not a play, but a process. It explores what it means to be thankful in this world we live in today. It's a mix of games, challenges and exercises for you to tell your own stories, in your own way. Ages 11 + Revolting by Bryony Kimmings A series of tasks and actions that make a narrative to be performed with props. We are agents of the revolution. How do we revolt? How do we not get into trouble? Where do we get power, and then how do we use it for good? Ages 13 + The Skirt by Ellen Bannerman An absurdist feminist fable for the next generation of feminists. Ages 16+ Write To Rave: Step Pon by Debris Stevenson A play about the political power of a rave. Who has the right to rave, to dance and move freely? What is it to feel truly free in your own skin? It tells the story a queer group of humans trying their best to rave whilst the world tries it's best to stop them. Ages 18 + The accompanying handbook includes an exploration of Wonder Fools' theatre-making process, step-by-step guidance in how to produce the plays either online or live in the space, and bespoke exercises and instructions in how to approach directing each play.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 376
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Januar 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781350276093
• Artikelnr.: 62836800

Autorenporträt

Wonder Fools are a theatre company and charity based in Glasgow that creates contemporary new work based on a diverse range of current and historical real-life stories. They have taken theatre productions, performance installations and workshops to over 10,000 people across Scotland, with over 15,000 more engaging with their digital work online. Productions include: McNeill of Tranent: Fastest Man in the World (2014-2015), The Coolidge Effect (2016-2020), and 549: Scots of the Spanish Civil War (2018-2020).

Inhaltsangabe

About the Project
Editor's Note
About Wonder Fools
About the Traverse
Creative Team Biographies
The Handbook
Steps of the process
1. Pick your play
2. Prepare your process
3. Create an open, safe and inclusive space
4. Build a creative and environment to work in
5. Form positive relationships through active listening, storytelling and
discussion
6. Explore the play
7. Make a response
8. Upload your work
9. Share and celebrate
10. Evaluation
The Plays
Spyrates (Spies vs Pirates) 2: Journey to the Forbidden Island by Robbie
Gordon & Jack Nurse
At First I Was Afraid. (I Was Petrified!) by Douglas Maxwell
The Raven by Hannah Lavery
Thanks for Nothing by The PappyShow with Lewis Hetherington
Revolting by Bryony Kimmings
The Skirt by Ellen Bannerman
Write to Rave: Step Pon by Debris Stevenson