18th september

For this lesson we were asked to come up with an idea for a performance that we could perform to small children. My idea was to do Treasure island which is about a child who lives in a tavern and gets given a treasure map. Pirates then attack the tavern to steal the map but the boy escapes with the map and meets friend of his who is an adult. The man and the boy then hire a boat and crew to go find the treasure. However it turns out the crew they hired were the pirates who attacked them and they try to steal the map. I think that this would be a briliant idea to do for our performance as it involves a secret treasure and pirates. On the childrens channel Cbeebies, on of the most popular shows is about pirates so i think the children would like it. In form today me and Danny were looking at shows we could do and we thought that finding nemo would be entertaining if we could do it right. In the lesson we all explained our ideas and we took a vote on what we would want to do. The idea that was picked was Finding Nemo. We were then split into 2 groups of 3 and were tasked with coming up with an opening for the piece. I was in a group with Jake.W and Harry, we decided to adapt the actual opening from the film and put it on the stage. I think that what we made wasnt that good as it wasnt that eye grabbing and young children would not be entertained. Also it would be too complicated for young children to understand. Also it is going to be hard to make the stage look like we our underwater however in another class for drama we are going to be making props so we can make the props for the show that we are planning to do.

polka theatre

polka Theatre is a children’s theatre aimed at children aged 0– 13. It is based in in Wimbledon. The theatre has two performance rooms, the main performance area has 300 seat and there is also a 70 seat studio specifically for performing to the youngest of their audiences. Polka theatre gets its funding from the London Borough of Merton and it is also a registered charity number 256979. Polka Theatre started life as a puppet touring company in 1967 under the Artistic Directorship of Richard Gill. The official Polka theatre opened on 20 November 1979 and it was the UK’s first theatre dedicated to only children. Polka theatre also has a scheme that offers free theatre tickets to disadvantaged schools so that pupils who would not get the chance to experience theatre because of financial difficulties. Over 100,000 children a year come to Polka and these Children can be as young as 9 months. Them and their families are lead into a colourful environment where simple stories are told in a big over the top way. The characters in these productions wear bright colours to help stimulate the children and keep them fascinated by the play as the babies that are watching might not understand the stories but will be entertained by the brightly coloured characters running around acting stupid.