Short Conversations - Blondie Scenes

The opening scene to our performance consists of a selection of short social scenes combined together. All of these scenes talk about why the characters are voting for ‘Blondie’ to be the new prime minister. We brought these sections to life by creating the different locations using an ensemble of people. For example, in the first seen I was acting like a rug on the floor and in the next scene I was a boy talking with his friend. We used slick transitions in which everyone is moving to create the next location quickly. We directed this way as Brecht used ensembles in a lot of his pieces to ensure the audience does not focus on one specific storyline but on the true issues and meaning behind the piece. It is not possible to focus in an ensemble as many people are doing different things. In these short scenes we are trying to show the audience that people voting for Blondie are only doing so because of her beauty and not her political views. To do so we need to use a lot of sexual innuendos and mention looks in the scenes which I believe my character has.

Script – I am playing Boy 1

Boy 1 I’m getting to vote for the first time.

Boy 2 Waste of time.

Boy 1 I just want to experience it.                                           

Boy 2 You want to experience putting a tick in a box?

They laugh.

So who you voting for anyway?

Boy 1 The one with the bangers.

Boy 2 Of course! I suppose we get to see more of her on the box if she gets in. Yeah vote for her.

They mimic her talking.

When playing boy 1, I have chosen to speak in a cockney accent and slouch slightly when I move. I have done this because I have gathered from the language used (‘bangers’) that this is the way he has been brought up and also, it is a stereotype of people who are brought up in this way. I have also decided to play my character as a drunkard as the scene sounds as if he is celebrating voting for the first time and the stereotypical way which cockneys would celebrate is with a drink of alcohol.