Session Three. "Hitler has only got one ball"

This session was all about the voice.

Due to illness we were fewer on the ground this week, this wasn't a bad thing as it meant we got to learn names and to split into different sized groups. We even had new swanky badges this week!

We started with trying to connect with our diaphragms, the large muscle which helps with projection and support for your voice. We tried various techniques from breathing through to silly and somewhat rude songs! (I very much hope to reprise these songs again)

We were concentrating on the meaning and intention behind words. How do you express meaning or a story if you are not allowed to say what you want? To look at this we were given random lines to say, "Hitler has only got one ball", "Just put some germoline on it", "Why is a black box orange" were some of the lines to be heard across the room.

This was then developed in to group work, again only using that one line, but then having to create a mini scene to present to the other group, who had to guess what you were portraying. Within our groups we created sound tracks, noise effects as well as the story lines to be acted out.

For me this week seemed harder in part than others. It took tie for people to warm up to only using one line, but once they had warmed up to the idea and played around with it a little some great bits of creativity were seen.

Once again it was a pleasure to be working with such a dynamic and broad range of people.