What is devised theatre? What does it mean to me? In essence devised theatre is a workflow that allows a group of actors and theatre people to create a piece naturally. But specifically, for me, devising is both an extremely personal and extremely communal structure. Devising allows for the most intricate and personal ideas to be quickly and easily shared with a group of people. It combines a sense of whole with a sense of individuality. It requires that the whole be more than the sum of its parts, but do so by keeping its parts to build on. For me devising feels natural, unorthodox yes, but natural.
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My theatre experience doesn't necessarily reflect my skills that apply to theatre. I have been in a few school theatre productions and I have participated in a devised theatre group last year. The skills I think will be useful this year include my love for graphics, music, and tech. I still want to act, but i love the idea of modifying musical and graphic elements while on stage. This is something i would really enjoy bringing to a group. My approach typically is to just to mess around with elements and concepts until something cool shows up. Stop and record that cool thing and then attempt to build upon it. I feel like these things lend to creative bu still structured productions.
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