The purpose of this assignment was to create a performance focused on voice work and phsical theatre, We were required to work practically as part of a group towards a performance of the text Agamemnon by Steven Berkoff.
Steven Berkoff is a well known playwright born in England 3rd August 1937. He is well known for his greek mythology, in which he uses very descriptive literacy. He directs and performs in his own plays- East', Greek', Decadence', and Agamemnon'. Steven Berkoff also has a host of film credits, from Clockwork Orange' and McVicar' to Octopussy' and Beverly hills cop'.
The choosen script Agamemnon' is a greek tragedy, it is a powerful, atmospheric, disturbing piece. It is vicious and direct to the audience.
I have done some research into Steven Berkoff's work, I have also done some research into the play Agamemnon', in order for me to create an appropriate character for the performance. It was also helpful as I had background information into Steven Berkoff's life and work.
We worked in a large group of eleven, we first discussed the text and then made decisions on the context of the piece, character and emotional context and style.
We decided that we would all adapt different emotions of the same character, I think this was effective because it showed the audience how any one person can have so many different feelings inside them. .
We all contributed to the whole group discussions and I felt as though our group was working well together. Our group all communicated well, and all of us offered opinions and ideas.
I think we used our time effectivly as during rehearsals we worked fast and diligent. We set targets of what we wanted to achieve by the end of rehearsal session and this was a good way of completing our performance to the best of our ability. .
During our rehearsals, at the beginning of each session our group carried out some vocal exercises to prepare our voices, we stood in a circle, and went round the circle each doing an exercise for the rest of the group to copy.
