graduation show

So after 2 years of shakespeare, devised theatre, Brecht, Pinter and nick, Michael and Alex being in are ears 24/7 hours a day we finally have come to our final major project , are graduation show. we began looking at scripts, working on class pieces , and improvisations and after audition pieces im fortunate to have two pieces in the grad show. these are 

• "Sing your heart out for the lads" by Roy Williams Allan - Sam Frenchum  Mark- Kieran Rennie 
• "The Proposal" by Anton Checkov Mr Chubukov - Dwayne Sewell,  Natasha- Chelsea Worrell, Mr Lomov - Sam Frenchum re-worked By Sam Frenchum 

                                 Sing your hearts out for the lads 2002 national theatre 

Sing your heart out for the lads questions racism from many different angles, and how much people qualify to be english. It combines accessibility with intelligence, raw drama and opens up to multicultural Britain and the racism in Britain which williams shows in a  persuasive and disturbing way. This is a play that devastatingly captures so much that is ugly, and wrong, in Britain today.

                                                              Anton checkov

                                                      

                                                                The proposal

 Lomov, a long-time neighbor of Mr Chubukov, has come to propose marriage to Chubukov's 25-year-old daughter, Natasha. After he has asked and received joyful permission to marry Natasha, she is invited into the room, and he tries to convey to her the proposal. Lomov is a hypochondriac, and, while trying to make clear his reasons for being there, he gets into an argument with Natasha about The Oxpen Meadows, a disputed piece of land between their respective properties, which results in him having "palpitations" and numbness in his leg. Natasha then gives in and pretends that she is wrong. they then start to be a "cute couple" but Natasha and Ivan get into a second big argument, this time about the superiority of their respective hunting dogs, tracker and rover. Ivan collapses from his exhaustion over arguing, and father and daughter fear he's died. However, after a few minutes he regains consciousness, and Mr chubukov all but forces him and his daughter to accept the proposal with a kiss. Immediately following the kiss, the couple get into another argument.