Ashleigh’s IB Theatre Journal

Archive for May 2008

Set Design Notes – Tartuffe

Posted by: Ashleigh on: May 18, 2008

 
This photo shows the initial idea I had for the set design. Due to the limited access we had for props and set, I made the set as basic as possible.  If the set was extended, to show the outside of the house, I would have had the outside looking very elaborate, this could help reflect [...]

Our performance of Tartuffe!

Posted by: Ashleigh on: May 18, 2008

On Thursday, 8th of May, we did our final performance of Tartuffe. We were all a bit nervous, because we didn’t get much rehearsal time, and were a bit unsure of our lines, but once we got out on the stage it felt okay!
It took us around an hour to get ready for a performance [...]

Bunraku Puppetry Workshop

Posted by: Ashleigh on: May 3, 2008

On Wednesday the 30th of April, we went to a workshop at the Polygot Theatre, to learn about puppets and Bunraku puppets in particular.
We first sanded down some wood blocks and sticks to use to assemble our puppet, then secondly, we designed what we would like our puppets to look like, which involved just drawing [...]



  • Mrs Anketell: It sounds absolutely beautiful.
  • spiraltic: hey there, I'm taking IBHL theater right now...and I'm also doing a research investigation on bunraku...do you think you can point me in the right dir
  • Melisa Garcia: Hello! I am investigating about Bunraku too for my final Research Investigation (in the Theatre IB course), and unbelievably I am focusing on costu

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