Neighbourhood watch
Particular issues include:
Traditional Australian theatre forms lie with the older 'european' type of theatre form. i.e Chekov etc... style : naturalistic,realistic. structure was linear and chronological. Contemporary theatre Australia is more Innovative in its approach to structure, style, techniques and conventions. Influence the audience to understand the themes and issues being explored. We are manipulated to understand these themes and issues on a different level. Brechtian. Brech - first to create Epic theatre. practitioner and playwright -mother courage, caucasian chalk circle. deliberately tried to alienate the audience. Disconnected the audience from the characters so they would focus on the narrative without having a perspective. Brech conventions seen in Contemporary Aus theatre:
Different forms:
Australian plays demand highly skilled actors - ensemble and transformational acting needed. |