Interview and Increasing Thoughts

A few days ago I undertook an interview with Participant 1. What I loved about this particular interview is it got me thinking beyond the questions I had written down on paper. It was a sort of light bulb moment, a snapping of the fingers as an idea popped into my head.

This participant wasn't necessarily aware of how the technical side of theatre works but they did mention one production that caught my attention - War Horse. For those of you who don't know the premise of the show here's a link to their website: http://www.warhorseonstage.com/

The reason this caught my attention is because puppetry is a technical skill in performance. So I took this thought and looked into puppetry courses to see what skills they offer. From the University of Melbourne's website I found a course that listed the skills one would gain if they were to undertake the course:

I can see so many of these that apply in my job too, but being able to see how they can be transferred to a form of performance was really interesting.

As I looked further at the skills needed to be a successful puppeteer, I again found another list which has lots of cross overs between the skills of performing and technical from the Creative Skillset website: 

Perhaps there is hope yet for this inquiry. 

Literature Review, of the 1st edition

Hello all, inquiry research is in full swing. A few weeks ago I made the survey I created live and people have been busy answering it with some interesting results. However that's for another day's blog.

What I've learnt over the last few Skype and campus sessions is that I shouldn't be reading literature to affirm my own ideas, it should be the ideas of others that make me think and further develop what I think. So, with this in mind I began to read streams of articles on actors and theatre techs. What I noticed is the cross over of skills between the two professions, the basic groundwork for each job is very similar. So, for an easy visual representation I created a Venn Diagram.

In red ink are the skills that some consider to be 'technical' but I believe they fit into both categories.
In blue ink are the skills mainly associated with performing but again, fit into both categories.

Of course, I couldn't list every skill under the sun because the diagram would be huge! However, if anyone thinks I have missed vital skills/crossovers or wants to challenge/ask why I put some skills where they are, please comment below or get in touch. Your opinion is very valuable.