Unit 8

Context In this unit we did a play by the name of Love & Information which was written by Charyl Churchill, who is a British playwright, who is someone that challenges structure and form, meaning she approaches the way to write things very differently compared to other playwrights, using love and information as an example, this play is a episodic play, broken down with multiple scenes, minimal stage directions and no characters at all just lines,  Love & Information is a kaleidoscopic play addressing contemporary issues about communication, knowledge and our capacity to love. Love and Information isn't the only play that Charyl has written, she has actually written multiple plays like Top Girls which is a play that searches into the issue of being a successful women, the play itself shows the big difference between American feminism, which celebrates individualistic women who gain power and wealth, and British socialist feminism, which involves collective group gain, the...

Section 1 – Rationale (approx. 100 words) This section provides an opportunity to reflect on, review and summarise your progress and achievements through the first seven units. It also offers a chance for you to take stock of the knowledge, skills and understanding you have acquired, what you know now, compared with what you knew and could do before you started the course, and how this has influenced your choice of pathway and your project proposal. I believe my time throughout the first seven units has really helped my grow as a actor and as a person, the course has made me a stronger person, it has helped me grow into a much more confident version of myself. Beforehand I felt as if I could only do one type of acting, which was comedic, making people laugh but this year has shown me that I can step away from that and be natural or be different, it showed me that I can engage the audience in another way that isn't laughter, its helped me understand that,I can strive to be bette...