Explain How One or More Performer(S) Used There Vocal and/or Physical Skills to Create Changing Responses in the Audience

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Explain how one or more performer(s) used there vocal and/or physical skills to create changing responses in the audience On the 25th of september I went to see the West End production of Blood Brothers at the Theatre Royal in Plymouth; directed by Bill Kenwright. Written by Willy Russel in 1983 he described it as a ‘play with songs’ and is unusual in the fact that the end ing is presented to the audience in a wordless re-enactment of the last scene and in the first monologue delivered by the narrator. Sean Jones plays Michael Johnstone or ‘Mickey’ who we meet at the age of seven and the audience watches him mature physically and emotionally as he grows up. ➢ emtional changes ➢ direct address ➢ naturalisticb conventions ➢ use of space ➢ physical posture geuture eye contact ➢ props ➢ specific lines ➢ character as a whole/ function within the play ➢ voice changes When we first meet Mickey Sean plays him as niave, gulible, cheaky and many others qualities you would see in a 7 year old boy. Mickey is dressed in muddy shorts, trainers, and a sweater vest which is far to big for him covered in dirt and has lots of holes. The actor himself is a man not a boy so it doesn’t immediately give away who he is. When he first speaks he does so in a high voice, with mispronouced words and a very heavy accent. This generates humour as the audience were not expected a fully grown man to talkin such a way, creating shock and awe at how realistic his acting was, making us all laugh. Just after Mickey is introduced he has a monologue were he directly addresses the audience while still maintaining childlike qualities such as never being able to sit still, sitting off the edge of the stage while his legs swing back and forth, and spitting into the air before pulling his vest over his head. While playing with Eddie Mickey uses the whole

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