Questions for Gail McIntyre

A section of our criteria says that we need to interview TWO people who work in and around T.I.E. Miss Wolfenden said that she is trying to organise a lady called Gail McIntyre to come in and answer any questions we had, just like we did in the previous project.

 

Are you paid to do specific themes in theatre or do you choose what you do?

Are there any themes you think shouldn't be dramatised?

Who decides on themes?

How do you fund projects?

Do you have any charitys set up?

Do you keep your company small and easy to travel or do you work in a specific area?

Do you work with a script or improvising?

If you work with a script, who writes it?

If you prefer improvisation, is this the most important thing you look for in your actors?

Do you use music in your pieces? If so, do you write it or do you use previously existing music?

 

Miss Wolfendens Lesson 8/3/11

First off, we handed in our homework and we were given the criteria for our T.I.E unit. For homework, we had to go through it and mark off what we'd done, set any deadlines and work out when we might do other things. After this we got into our groups and did abit of quick planning and organising. We discussed what we'd done over the past week to help the group.

Next, we headed over to the drama studio and because we hadn't got a script yet, we decided we needed to start on that so we headed over to an ICT room and we got around half of it done. We had to think of some subtle ways to add facts and figures to educate our audience but we couldn't think of any! We asked Miss Wolfenden what we should do and she said that T.I.E was about educating the audience without them knowing so we couldn't just shout out random facts about anorexia because it would be a little weird.

Jobs in T.I.E

For homework, we were told to research jobs (a particular one, Konflux). I couldn't find the one mentioned, but I did find a site with various jobs on it:

http://www.uk.stagejobspro.com/
It has many many MANY jobs on one of the tabs. They're situated all over the country and there's a wide variety. Unfortunately, you have to sign up for jobs and things to get a good look at them, so I couldn't research a particular job. But if I were to look for a job in the arts, i'd definately figure out the signing up. You can search certain jobs, or certain employers too. There's a tab for professional actors and you can add your own job, so it's pretty self run:)

1st of March - Miss. Wolfendens Lessons

The first thing we did was look at a piece of our homework, which was to create a PLTS table about our group. Alot of people hadn't done it which made it difficult so they were made to think of feedback off the top of their head. I had apparently done too many people on the grid because I thought it ment the whole group and each section of the PLTS, not just the main title and our little T.I.E group. Some feedback I got was that when Ollie took a quick look at my grid, he said I was being too modest about myself and that I could do alot more than I said I could.

The next thing we did was plan what we were going to do to get out T.I.E pieces done in time. We have been given a deadline of the 5th of March. We got big calendars for the time we had left, and we realised then that it wasn't much time at all! We have alot of time off in April due to the easter holidays and work experience. We decided to get the costumes sorted in the holidays aswell as the all important dress. We had a think about a wardrobe we decided we needed. We wanted this, the skeleton and the dress to be the main focus of the set but when we asked science if we could borrow a skeleton, we were only allowed to borrow the one with both its legs and an arm missing! So Emily suggested using a bust from textiles instead.
I think we'll get it all planned out in the end now we've realised how short a time we've got.

What is T.I.E?

Here's a simple, yet informative defininition I found on http://theatre-education.co.uk/what-is-theatre-in-education/:

'Theatre in Education started as a separate art form and educational activity in Coventry at the Belgrade Theatre in 1965. A group consisting of actors, teachers and social workers were brought together to create a community outreach team.'
I think this explains the past of T.I.E.

My own definition would be:
A piece of theatre to inform a certain age group about a topic they might be interested in or need to be educated in. It is usually a small group of people so the company can travel easily, also using minimal props and set. Some T.I.E companies also offer workshops to incorperate lessons or drama skills into the performance.

Miss.Wolfendens Notes.

I read through Mrs.Wolfendens notes and was particularly interested in how they prepared over the easter holidays.
We already tried this over the spring half-term holidays, but we weren't very successful. Everyone got something but when I look at Miss.Wolfendens notes, it's barely anything. They had thought ahead to the performance and the workshop ideas, where as we had barely done research. We could have some more workshop ideas, but Beth has been ill and only had afew.

From these notes, in our group we may need to:
- Plan how long our piece of theatre will be.
- Research our theme
- Focus on one particular issue within the theme. (Health, Herdatory, Who else it affects.)