Date: [Afternoon] Wednesday 2nd of October 2013
Location: Kilmodan Primary School, Glendaruel
Workshop: The Glendaruel Rap: Dress Rehearsal!
Walking Youth Theatre Team: Rebecca Bloom, Sadie Dixon-Spain, Alana Mathers
This afternoons session focused on the performance of The Happening History of the Red River Glen rap! The pupils, still on a high from this mornings Mesolithic Forest School, had some great ideas for actions to be performed within the piece! It was great to hear how inspired the pupils were by the project, and to see them putting their Glen of the Red River knowledge into action when performing the Rap! Following some group work, preparing and rehearsing lines and actions, and a whole rap run-through, it was time to bring out the costumes – a much anticipated part of the dress rehearsal! With mighty Mesoliths, groovy Vikings, cool Jacobites, and a few hip modern day Glendaruel-ers, it was obvious not only were the pupils having fun, but they had also picked up on a number of historical fashion ideas throughout the sessions!!
It was time to begin staging our modern day Timeline Crew, and a lot of fun was had! The pupils were already beginning to show some great performance ideas, and many were already performing without script!
Our next workshop will include putting the final touches to the performance, and having the performance filmed to go on our website. We can’t wait!