Development Week 3 and 4

In development Week three, we read the two variations on the script and received ideas from the entire cast on what we like, want to keep and want to change. The system we developed keeps matters fair, in order to ensure that everyone is listened to. Currently the process is very slow and can be […]

Reflecting On Our First Performance

As a company, the ‘Tea Dance Project’ was our first performance together. This piece was chosen for our Performing Arts In The Community task and was targeted towards the older generation who may have lived through the war, or grew up with stories told to them by older siblings and family members. So for this, […]

Tea Dance

Images and videos from the rehearsal process and show day!

Top 8 Theatre Rehearsals Tips!

On the 21st of March, we successfully performed our project. Throughout our process of working on our Tea Dance Project, we have had many stumbles and falls. However was the finished project is created, it finally feels worth it. So here are our Top Eight Rehearsal Tips from our team: 1. Warm Up- Begin every […]

Tea Dance Project

Next Wednesday, the Pink Room Theatre company will be heading to a retirement home to entertain and bring back exciting memories to the elderly!

Development Week 2

Here is a rehearsal of the group singing a shortened version of “It’s Quiet Uptown” from Hamilton, as part of a funeral scene within our performance. (01/03/2018)

The Importance of Independence (Development Week 1)

The task we were given, of creating a performance from a stimulus, is our first time working as an independent team without the help from outside variables. We are not working independently in the sense of, ‘not connected with another’ as we are working as a team (with individual tasks that will intertwine together creating […]

Memories and How Dementia Affects the Brain

Memories are not stored like books on shelves, but are actively reconstructed from elements throughout the brain by a short process. The process begins with encoding. This is when we consciously register a memory. Then it’s consolidation, where the memory is stabilised in our minds, as if glue is holding them together. The final step […]

Performing Arts In The Community

What is a Community? The word community does not have a singular definition, which I believe perfectly reflects what a true community represents, as it is something that does not take a singular form or that fits a particular mould. The most widely used definition, and the definition that most accurately represents the Pink Room […]