'Feel Me'
The creation team
Writer & Director: Jemma McDonnell
Co-Director: Kylie Perry
Assistant Director: Shanice Sewell
Executive Producers: Charlotte Kalantari-Gregory & Charlie Tapp
Producers: Adele Souto & Katie Webster
Names of performers?
Lil McGibbon, Daz Scott and Kiren Virdee
Explanation of the storyline?
Worlds unfold from backpacks, and tents are constructed and dismantled again, each scene and location
temporary, like transient a teenager in search of safety, acceptance and a new place to call home. An
interrogation of empathy, ‘Feel Me’ asks what makes us ‘feel’ for another person, as we journey through
landscapes and across borders, through weather storms and paperwork, changing seasons, endless
queues and interviews.
The aims of the company
Through movement, dance, film, video projection
and audience interaction, the issue of forced
displacement is examined, whilst encouraging us
to question where our own empathy lies.
TED Talk moment?
-K speaking in an intense and confident tone downstage left
-L infront of the camera looking intensely down the lens which is projected on the screen
-D is filming L's face, back to the audience
the audience gets the full effect of how the subject of forced displacement is sugar-coated
Journalism interaction with audience moment?
-L in the audience front row filming people
-K sat in the seat, posture upright looking forward into the audience with a serious and intense tone
-D sat next to K with posture upright doing the same as K
Lil 'game' character avatar moment?
-K and D are sat on chairs stage left watching
-L running, with back to the audience watching the screen
-Kneels facing stage right wrapping hand in bandage
-Pretends to drink water intensely
-Running speeds up to match the music
What are the production aims?
-encouraging us to question empathy in our own lives, to promote gratitude
-to expose the media's harshness and lack of communication
Common mistakes to avoid!
-Weak Introduction or no Introduction
-Too little reference or explicit understanding of the play’s style/aims
-Evaluates or tells the story rather than evaluating the skills of the performer/designer
-Needs to be more explicit about the TDE (Total Dramatic Effectiveness)
-Lacks first person response when discussing audience.
Performance techniques used?
-Multi rolling
-Breaking the fourth wall
-Breaking character 'non-acting'
-Verbatim
What is the style of the play?
Brechtian theatre, known as Epic theatre, is a didactic play where the audience is encouraged to think objectively and engage with the theatre production directly instead of being a passive spectator