BERKOFF
Steven Berkoff is a British actor, playwright, author, practitioner and theatre director. In our previous lesson, quite a lot of us mentioned that we were interested in looking into practitioners like Berkoff or Artaud, where it is quite uncomfortable for the audience. We started looking at a couple of A level students performing East by Berkoff.
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My first thoughts about Berkoff were that he made me feel uncomfortable but I was intrigued that that was his goal and he succeeded. I enjoyed it in a slightly cynical way, as I was uncomfortable but also wanted to know more and also try it out for myself. After reading through a bit of the script of East, we tried out a few sections. First, Amelie and I worked through the first scene together and came up with actions for every line or intention. We then moved on to a scene where Sylvie does a monologue and created our own scene with occasional choral speaking and actions.
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I believe that we could have perfected it or made it more interesting if we had more time. I'm interested in continuing to look into Berkoff and Artaud and the art of cruelty theatre.
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