Polar Bears Go Wild

Polar Bears Go Wild

As well as all this research we went to go and watch a performance called ‘Polar Bears Go Wild.’ I took some notes to that might help with our performance which we have already started to devise.

-         -  Simple opening music

-         -  For music they used noises that would usually be heard in day to day business, they changed the noises in to pieces of music. Easily relateable for children

-          - The whole performance was vocally silent with music in the background, all plot was performed by large gestures and movement

-          - When the characters did something wrong the audience found it funny

-          - The performance was a quest

-          - As they went to go to a different part of the artic they would dance on the spot to make it look like they were on their way to the place they needed to be (dancing transition)

-          - They had learning devises like, sharing, counting and direction

-          -- They were animals doing things that people do

-          - Maps to refer back to for the kids to get them involved in what direction they needed to go.

-          -They used puppetry to show that they went sailing and the different types of weather. And also to signify what happened on their journey

-          - What they were in pursuit of trying to find was always presented with the hallelujah chorus

-         -  It also showed a friendship between the two characters

I did think this was a good piece of children’s theatre, however the play was aimed to an audience that was a lot younger and our audiences will vary from age 5 to 10, give or take. So taking this in to account for our performance I don’t think we should over do our play, make it so that it can be adapted and diversify for the greater audience.