You have an interesting challenge in this session: You have to keep the participants' interest in the plays they created in the last sessions, and allow them to keep refining and rehearsing for part of the day.
But you have another, more important, task today - to find those in the group who would be good MCs and to explore the character of the MC who will be the one who makes the Forum Theatre play into an interactive event.
Some will want to try, some will be recommended by others. And as they try out they will need an audience to speak to.
When you have found the three or four who will be good MCs, they can work alone on the points they have to make to the audience, while the others rehearse the plays. You may need to slightly re-cast the plays if some characters are now working as MCs.
Let’s start the day getting ourselves ready for creative action:
Please note: Start slowly, and then increase the tempo.
Please note: NB Take a well known song and illustrate it.
Now think about changing the lyrics to speak about your play’s story and practise singing that - with illustrations. This is a gentle introduction to the topic of the dangers of trafficking and what we can do about them. It can be used at the beginning and end of your performance.
These greetings will prepare you for our work on the MC in the next session. Let’s proceed to look at some necessary skills:
This will take some time but it is worth spending that time.