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Why not treat your children to something different this winter with a trip to Chickenshed Theatre Company to visit Geppetto and his new collection of toys in a tale called Geppetto’s workshop. We all know about Pinocchio’s journey but what about all the other toys and their stories created by Geppetto?

Taking you on a journey that looks at growing, sharing, good deeds. But most importantly learning to love yourself, no matter what. Especially for children aged between 0 to 7 Geppetto’s workshop is full of slapstick, songs, movement, and puppetry. We not only aim to give the children a fantastic performance we want them to embark on the adventure feeling like their every bit of the story. Taking on the children’s ideas using improvisation and lots of interaction with them is a key factor in our performances.

So come along to Chickenshed Theatre this winter and enjoy a magical, educational adventure that you will want to last and last.

Times: 10am & 11.30am
Tickets: £5
Age recommendation: Christmas Tales is for everyone aged 0-7 years.
Booking information: To book tickets, please contact the Box Office on 020 8292 9222, email Bookings@Chickenshed.org.uk or for textphone users call 18001 020 8292 9222 (Typetalk).


The Chickenshed Foyer Bar will be open before and after each Tales performance selling teas, coffees, a selection of cold drinks, hot meals, sandwiches and salads. Why not stay for lunch?

Also for more information on this performance and Chickenshed Theatre visit www.chickenshed.org.uk

writing style 1 1st draft

Why not treat your children to something different this winter with a trip to Chickenshed Theatre Company to visit Geppetto and his new collection of toys in a tale called Geppetto’s workshop. We all know about Pinocchio’s journey but what about all the other toys and their stories created by Geppetto?

Taking you on a journey that looks at growing, sharing, good deeds, and most importantly learning to love yourself no matter what. Especially for children aged between 0 to 7 Geppetto’s workshop is full of slapstick, songs, movement, and puppetry. We not only aim to give the children a fantastic performance we want them to embark on the adventure feeling like their every bit of the story. Taking on the children’s ideas using improvisation and lots of interaction with them is a key factor in our performances.

So come along to Chickenshed Theatre this winter and enjoy a magical, educational adventure that you will want to last and last.


Times: 10am & 11.30am
Tickets: £5
Age recommendation: Christmas Tales is for everyone aged 0-7 years.
Booking information: To book tickets, please contact the Box Office on 020 8292 9222, email Bookings@Chickenshed.org.uk or for textphone users call 18001 020 8292 9222 (Typetalk). Also for more information visit www.chickenshed.org.uk.


The Chickenshed Foyer Bar will be open before and after each Tales performance selling teas, coffees, a selection of cold drinks, hot meals, sandwiches and salads. Why not stay for lunch?

Tales form the shed- Childrens interactive performance i have been taking part in this term

Tales from the Shed is Chickenshed's nationally acclaimed production for children. Tales shows us a world where everybody can come and share together, and not only believe in the magic, but make it happen. Each show is different, but all work creatively to improve literacy, numeracy and communication skills for the under 7s.

Tales brings both original and traditional stories to life, in a land of colour, characters and fun. This interactive performance introduces children to a universe where there is no edge to the stage, so children and performers travel a theatrical journey together.

Tales is performed on Fridays and Saturdays in The Studio Theatre, Chickenshed. Each show last approximately 50 minutes.

link: www.chickenshed.org.uk

Interests

Blood Brothers
I have chosen to add as an interest the musical “Blood Brothers” because it was one of the first productions that inspired me to study performing arts and theatre. I got given a gifted and talented award at my secondary school and was privileged enough to attend Pineapple Dance Studios in London for a week of workshops with two fellow students. Part of the week consisted of going to a workshop delivered by members of cast from Blood Brothers this was followed by the show. I think that the workshop really helped get an understanding of the performance and it was nice to talk to the performers and ask them questions. The main thing that drew me in was the passion and energy pouring off stage. I sat clinging on to every word and song. This is a production I could watch again and again.

Link: willyrussell.com





Chickenshed Theatre Company

Chickenshed is a theatre company. They work using an inclusive creative process which means everyone is welcome, and everyone is valued. I have been a part of Chickenshed just over four years and have worked alongside them to spread their ethos. There inclusive creative process values all our members as equals no matter who you are or where you’re from. It’s the way they have run their theatre company for 35 years; this spreads throughout their youth theatre, outreach projects and education programmes teaching students from the age of 16 right up to university level. Every piece of theatre created at Chickenshed sends out the same message: anyone can achieve in a place where everyone is welcome. And, one day, it will be the way the world works.
Link: Chickenshed.org.uk

People who inspire me

Martina Cole
I have read every book she has written and love them all. She writes about the criminal world and the dangers within it using gripping storylines and great characters. I find her stories inspirational because they always have a climax or a shocking ending that’s totally unexpected. She writes very creatively and makes me feel like I’ve been sucked in to the book and I'm there in between all the gangsters, pimps, and grafters living the story. In all of her stories you could imagine the criminals of London doing everything she writes about and using the slang language she so perfectly puts in. I believe she has a great writing style that engages you into the book instantly. When I faced the challenge of writing a production with my year group last year her books and her style of writing really influenced me.
Link: martinacole.co.uk




Marques Houston
I really enjoy Marques Houston’s music and the tone of his voice. I have been listening to he’s music for over 6 years. He is a great musician and dancer, and I like he’s music because he uses all the different tones in his voice which makes me not only appreciate the music and lyrics but also his voice. He is a very family orientated man and I can really relate to this as I have a close relationship with my own family. I have purchased all his albums and feel he writes about his current feelings and emotions and also his career. He started as an actor at a young age and developed his passion for singing. This developed in his teenage years and he’s been singing and also acting ever since. Seeing him perform live was always one of my big dreams I had ever since I became a fan. When this finally happened earlier this year it was like ticking off one of the best moments of my life so far. Marques Houston inspires me musically and his determination makes me want to follow my dreams.
Links: marques-houston.com



Seth Rogen
Seth Rogen is an American actor, comedian, producer, and writer who started his career at the very young age of 14 doing stand up comedy. I love every film he has starred. Produced or written. He focuses on issues I can relate to and I find funny. I feel a lot of his films are targeted at the younger adult audience. I like this because he likes to please young adults and teenagers fun, light hearted, funny movies. Seth Rogen has a very distinctive voice that once heard is hard to forget. I hope Seth continues to make great films for young people because he has proved it doesn’t matter how old you are to start pursuing your dreams and starting your career.
Links: sethrogenonline.net

Reflective Blogs using Kolbs Cycle

I am using Kolbs Learning Cycle to Reflect on my last week of tales from the shed. I have looked in my diary and I will be using entries from there to cover all the different stages in kolbs cycle.

Concrete Experience

Wednesday 28th October
This week our theme is preparing for the tales from the shed end of term party. Because this is the last week of tales we want to make it exciting and fun for the children. At the same time because this is a performance where there are educational aspects we have to still incorporate that. We want the performance to feature most of the children’s favourite puppets and characters. We have taken into consideration what has worked in previous performances and are using this rehearsal session to try out ideas. The tales from the shed team is split into two groups and we face the challenge this week of mixing the two teams slightly. This will be a challenge because we haven’t worked together before but I am optimistic because we will all have different ideas to add to the performance. We will have to keep a high level of energy so the children stay engaged but at the same time be focused because there's is a lot of team work needed for tales from the shed.


Reflective Observations

Friday 30th October
The performance today was overall good and there were a large number of audience members. In this performance I played the character “Lion Down” who is a cool lion who likes dancing and moving. This characters costume is a lion’s suit, like a Disney character costume with me inside. This was slightly hard for me because vision is limited and I was scared of accidently bashing into a child. Also a fellow member of the team was doing lion down’s voice backstage on microphone all I had was my body and hand gestures to portray what lion down was saying and instructing the children to do. There were a lot of really enthusiastic children who rushed to the stage to join in with songs, movement and to see their favourite puppets. During the performance I got confused with the time and thought we had 10 minutes left of the performance but really had 20 minutes. This lead to us shortening the performance and having to improvise near the end. Fortunately the children and parents seemed to love the show and we received great feedback.


Abstract Conceptualisation

Friday 30th October
Even though the performance went well there are a few things that could be looked at. There are certain parts in the performance where there is a rush of children to the stage and this gives us limited space to perform but more importantly it limits the view of the children still sitting who may just want to watch with their parents. So I think tomorrow we will have to think about crowd control and just make sure we monitor the situation so it doesn’t get out of hand. I also need to stay focused so I am aware of time and where we are up to in the performance. Also because there are parts in the performance when I am backstage and have to change lights, do voices on microphone, and bring puppets up. To improve the next performance I have learnt the main things I have to think about are focus and crowd control.


Active Experimentation

Saturday 31st October
The performance today was fantastic all the children were excited to see the last tales from the shed show this term. I think this excitement and energy rubbed off on us. There was a lot of children and our previous discussion about crowd control was put into use and it was really effective because we dealt with the situation as soon as we noticed a crowd forming we would ask the children to move back or even sit down when we was acting out a little story. This made the performance flow much better and gave the less confident children a chance to take part more in the performance. The focus and teamwork was strong and because we felt good about the performance I think this showed.

My 5 Resources

www.facebook.com

I use facebook because it's a good way to keep in contact with teachers, collegues and fellow students. It also has specific groups you can join depending on your interests. You can then have discussions on the topic and comment on other peoples view on it.


www.youtube.com

I think this is a great site to find clips and video's on almost anything you request. You can also add clips of your own. This can be useful when wanting to listen to music or learning movement.


www.google.com

Google is one of the biggest search engines on the net. This help me a lot with my work and many other things. It is my homepage and it links me to all the sites i use and many that i discover.


www.wikipedia.org

This website is an encyclopedia that can be a useful resource if you would like to gather some facts and opinions, because people add information and their own opinions all the time you have to be careful what's fact and opinion. this can also be a positive and thats the reason i like it because im interested in different views.


www.thestage.co.uk

I use the stage as a resource because it gives me a lot of information about my interests theatre and performing. this helps me to brainstorm ideas for workshops and performances.

Danyle, Lauren, and Murat's reflection blog (this will also appear on their blogs)

First thing we did to complete this tasks was learn Kolb’s learning cycle. This consisted of four different cycles of learning criteria. The first of the four criteria is concrete experience. This is when you have done or had the experience. The second is reflective observation which is when you review or reflect on a previous experience put into practice. Further we have abstract conceptualisation which is when you find a conclusion or learn from your experience. Lastly is active experimentation which is taking what you have concluded and learnt and testing these theories.
Once we had established Kolb’s learning cycle we were given a piece of text to pick out criteria from Kolb’s cycle. We came to the conclusion that the majority of the text given to us was from the person’s point of view and what they concluded. So we believe the text to be mostly reflective but also abstract because they explain what they have learnt from it. We then had to add the criteria from the cycle that was missing in a hypothetical sense which helped us establish the cycle so that we can put it into practice

C.V and Interest

Name: Danyle Morris
Age: 20
D.O.B: 15-06-1989


Qualifications

GCSE’s – Lea Valley High School 2000-2005

Drama......................A
Citizenship................B
English......................C
English Lit.................C
Physical Education....C
Textiles.....................C
Maths.......................D


BTEC National Diploma in Performing Arts – Enfield College 2005-2007

Grade....................Triple Distinction


Foundation Degree in Inclusive Performance – Middlesex University 2007-2009

Grade................. Distinction


British Sign Language Level 1 – 2009


BA (Hons) in Professional Practice – Current Course


Experience
I have had the opportunity to perform in a professional theatre company as well as having the experience of working backstage. I have performed at The Royal Albert and found it to be an amazing experience. I have been a costume and wardrobe assistant which consisted of helping the cast members get dressed and making sure there are no faults in their costumes. This also involves helping cast with quick changes and rectifying and costume errors which might occur during the show. This was very enjoyable to me as I am someone who likes different challenges being thrown in my directions, I had to make sure I was focused at all times because anything could happen and the show must go on. What's more I have helped backstage in the dressing rooms monitoring younger members of cast. My job was to make sure they stayed focus on the production they were about to perform. What helped me do this was having them in smaller groups and getting them to devise their own focus warm ups. I found that this was very effective and it is something I’ve used again and again.
Besides this I have also volunteered to do Front Of House at the theatre I was part of Chickenshed Theatre Company. I had to sell programmes and other merchandise, I had to make sure audience members got safely to their correct seats, and finally, I had the experience of being fire steward and assistant duty manager. My Front Of House experience overall made me appreciate that the people helping around the production are equally as imported as the performers. I was so used to being on stage it never occurred to me that there was just as much time and effort being put into backstage and Front Of House and that really we are all one big cast together.
One of my best experiences is delivering workshops to home educated children aged between 5-12 years old. This sparked a big interest in me, I loved the chanced to deliver my own work even though it one of the most challenging things I’ve ever done. Despite this I have gone on to deliver many, many workshops to all different types of people despite age of disability. I have performed to a paying audience since 2005.



Interests

My main interests are in performing, theatre and teaching. I am a very social person and enjoy helping others. I like planning activities and sessions which I can then deliver to people. As I have gained confidence I have become more interested in delivering performing arts and finding ways in which it can be integrated into children’s everyday learning. I am very interested in the way in which people learn from a younger age and feel that if there were more performing art techniques i.e. Singing, Dancing in school key lessons in schools it would broaden children’s imaginations and understanding. For example children learn the alphabet through song or rhyme which is picked up quite easily at a young age. Does this make it easier and more fun to learn? Also why can’t this technique me used in other subjects?