Chantal's Hollywood Adventures

Hello my Lovely Readers, Today in this blog post I will be exploring the uses of character development through a piece of educational theatre to create a relevant and believable character that the audience will be able to connect with. As I mentioned in my earlier blog post I am currently working with my new theatre company called 'New Reflections' on a piece of educational theatre as part of a unit for Drama School called 'Student Led Project' at RCCSD . The performance that we will be presenting is called 'Like Me? Follow Me..' and has been hugely influenced by Brecht. The performance focuses on body image in teenagers and the impact that social media and celebrities has on them. The story follows the journey of two teenagers Perpetua (Pep) and Hudson (Hud) as they struggle to deal with the harsh ideas surrounding the Perfect body.  As a group we were adamant that we wanted to incorporate many of Brecht's techniques as we believed that they w...

Hey Everyone, I hope you all had a lovely Christmas and brought the New Year in with a bang. It's crazy how fast the last year has gone. I have been so excited for 2015 for the last six months that I can't believe that it's already here. I'm so happy that I can finally say I'm moving to LA this year, but I'm sad that it now means my time at Central School of Speech and Drama is almost over. Being at Central, I have learnt so much about myself and I've had the most amazing experiences and opportunities that I will cherish forever. As a little dedication to Central and a throwback of 2014, this weeks post is going to be about one of my most amazing experiences of 2014. As part of my university degree we took part in a unit called 'Collaborative Outreach Program'. This was a unit that I was extremely excited about as it allowed us to broaden our drama skills by working with all sorts of different communities and embracin...