Trumps, theatre styles: In pairs come up with a number which represents how many theatre styles they can name that they have looked at so far in their drama education.
Introduce the idea of naturalism. Students come up with a definition of what they think this might be. Explain that the idea of this theatre was for the performance to show real life on stage. Introduce Stanislavksi and his ‘objectives’.
An objective is something a character wants to achieve, this always starts with I want/I wish – for example: I want to tell her she is the most important person to me. Objectives can be hidden and words may not express a person's intent.
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