Playwriting for Children’s Theater
Establishing Some Rules
A course by Piers Torday , Children's Author and Playwright
About the video: Establishing Some Rules
Overview
“To enable an audience to suspend their disbelief (if that is your intention) and become part of a fictional world on stage, you should establish clear boundaries of time and space, no matter the style or form of theatre. It's time to set some ground rules!”
In this video lesson Piers Torday addresses the topic: Establishing Some Rules, which is part of the Domestika online course: Playwriting for Children’s Theater. Bring your ideas to life on stage by learning how to write plays for children and families, from the initial idea to opening night.
Partial transcription of the video
“Establishing Some Rules In theatre, as in life, you can't get away from the fact that there are rules and boundaries. I'm not just talking about not taking a call on your iPhone during a show or eating popcorn at the quietest and most emotional moment. I'm talking about the parameters you set to help an audience understand the stakes and invest in the drama. In this lesson, we'll look at some of the rules governing theatre and the key questions you need to ask yourself. Perhaps when you have 100 people or more trapped in an auditorium for a whole evening in what, let's face it, is tantamoun...”
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Course summary for: Playwriting for Children’s Theater
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Category
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Areas
Children's Literature, Communication, Creative Writing, Fiction Writing, Script
Piers Torday
A course by Piers Torday
Piers Torday is an author, playwright, and educator from Northumberland, England. As a children’s author, he is dedicated to harnessing the power of imagination through creative writing. The art of writing has always been present in Piers' life: He wrote his first cartoon at age seven, which was about a superhero called Super Sid, and won a competition in a local newspaper. His father, the late Paul Torday, is the author of Salmon Fishing in the Yemen, which was later adapted into a film.
For Piers, writing children’s novels is a way to engage young readers, inspire them to ask big questions, and shape the minds of tomorrow. His most notable work includes The Lost Magician, The Frozen Sea, The Last Wild Trilogy, and There May Be a Castle. Piers also received the Guardian Award for Children’s Fiction in 2014. In a review for the trilogy, The Times states that Piers is “the new master of books for children.”
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