Four Seasons

Tuesday 19th May 2009

Blog Category: Acting Company Blog

Us in the Acting Company are working on a piece called Four Seasons, which is a complete sensory experience workshop for people with complex needs.

Schools and groups will be coming here to MTG Studios.  The workshop incorporates four out of the five senses, all except taste.  We are going to be using incense to make people think of each season.  We will also be projecting images that relate to each season on the screen, for example a beach for summer and a tree covered in snow for winter.  As we move into each season the images on the screen change.

We have a performance for the transition for each season, so we will be acting like we are cold in the autumn but then freezing when we go into winter.

We have a sound scape which uses objects and images that participants know which season it is.  There is also a recorded poem for each season which we mime along to.  We performed the poems for Making Theatre last week, they really enjoyed it but also gave us some useful feedback.  We have used this feedback to make changes and improve so it was helpful.

None of us can wait to see the people’s reactions – as we have never done anything for complex needs before we know if its good until we have done it, the participants might not even react to it.

We have never had the space or technology to do a workshop like this and it is a good opportunity for us, and the people who participate to get to know the building.

The workshop is delivered by the Acting Company, if you are part of a school or a group and would like to have a go at this workshop email Ben.

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