23rd and 25th April

On the 23rd we rehearsed scenes from Act 1, and showed them back to the class. I helped people work out there blocking and timing as some people weren't moving when they should and it would mess up the timing of the scene.Most of the first scenes set the scene of the play and introduce the characters. Its it important it know why your character is on stage and doing what they are doing. In the first scene its important to have lots of energy so get the audiences attention. Scene 6 shows the audience how out of control the classrooms are, this is the first classroom scene that the audience sees. So its important that the classroom is out of control.
I think the first scene could use some more energy. Scene 6 needs to be more crazier. I also thought that when Gail and Salty are taking about Benny Good it would almost be like a little argument.

We talked about how your character moves. This helped me because I had to think about how my character would move her hands and what part of her body she walking from. 

I think Gail wouldn't sit on a chair properly she would slouch on it, she would sit with her legs crossed because she is quit feminine. During scene where the classroom is crazy and all the kids are doing whatever they what she would sit with her legs up on Hobby or Salty's chair. I think this will work well because it will show the audience that the class is not doing what they are suppose to without distracting from the action.

John Godber

John Godber is the writer of Teechers, he also wrote plays such as Bouncers and Shakers. All of these play's have title that explain exactly what the play is about. However Teechers is spelt wrong. Teechers is a play that is written by the pupils of Whitewall, these pupils are poorly educated, therefore it is ironic that Teechers is spelt wrong.

John Godber was raised in a working class family, however he broke away from the and went into drama. He became the Head of Drama at a local secondary school. This is where he got his inspiration for a Teechers.

John Godber is also inspired by Brect, he makes theatre that you can relate to. Teechers have minimal set, this is a very Brechtian style. Also the school doesn't have a lot of money so the pupils wouldn't be given a lot of money for a set. Teechers only has 3 cast members in the play, however we have adapted it so everyone only plays on character. But in the original the cast have to change character on stage, they shows there character change by changing there gestures, facial expression and how they hold there bodies. This is another Brectian technique.

16th and 18th April

On Tuesday we had to work out which character we wanted to audition for. I picked Gail Saunders. I was thinking I could play Gail as your typical airhead, After I read the script some of the things she says are quit random and stupid. This would fit into the story well because the Whitewall teachers struggle to teach the pupils.

For my audition Lauren, Lucy and I performed the opening scene from Teecher. I think the audition went well, I had lots of energy and enthusiasm. However if I were to do the audition again, I would do it off script as I think it weakened my audition.

In small groups we discussed teachers from our school. We discussed their personalities, gestures, the way they spoke, posture, ways of moving and there appearance. We then used this to take part in a workshop audition where we improvised a scene as teacher's in a staff room, we used the notes we made on teacher's from our school as stimuli. This helped me to get into role as an older character and understand the differences between how young people and old people move.


On Thursday we found out who we had been cast as. I found that I had been cast as Gail Saunders.

We then did a full script read though. My first impression of the script was that there was a lot of humour in it. Also that we could put a lot of physical humour in it. Then in our casts we discussed the 10 most important moments in the play, and used them as stimuli to create still images. This helped me to get into character as I was able to play about with different postures and body language. Also it helped me to under the most important points in the play and how Gail would react to them.

We then did an off-text improvisation of the school disco scene. This helped me think about how Gail would act with the teachers and the pupils. Also it helped me to get into character, because I was able to think about how she would walk, her posture, any gestures she might have and also her vocal mannerism. I was able to play about with them more because I wasn't warring about my lines and trying to follow along to story line as it was improvisation.

We also discussed what we wanted the audience to get from the play. I think they should be thinking about there time at school. Did they get the most out of it, could they have tried harder. We also what them to see how influential one man can be to a whole school. He changed Gail, Salty and Hobbys life's. And maybe when the audience leaves they could be thinking about people who was influential in there life's, or if they were influential in other peoples life's.