Creative Schools Blog Two

First Ideas

One could only be impressed and inspired when working with this group of young people. Given only one suggested inspiration, of perhaps using a 1916 Easter Rising Theme, I watched the creativity flow.

Ideas darted around the table. Students stood up, improvised, paced the room and even sang. They were sometimes difficult to document as one person added to a suggestion and elaborated and within minutes the ideas for entire scenes had unfolded. Songs and even stage directions were even suggested at this stage. They were eager to add a really modern twist.

By the end of the first meeting of this highly creative group, a clear beginning, that everyone was excited about, was emerging.
Here's an outline, so you can join in the excitement:

The stage opens with two children arguing over what to watch on TV. One child wants to watch a historical re-enactment of the 1916 Rising while their sibling is adamant that they want to watch a jungle based I'm a celebrity. GET ME OUT OF HERE!

Here is where the experience of being in the drama competition for a few years comes in. The children were not limited and decided on the following sequence of events.

There is a flash of lightning and terrible thunder and characters somehow end up in the wrong setting. Two 1916 characters find themselves in the jungle of 'I'm a Celebrity' and two modern day celebrities hurtle back 100 years to a 1916 battle site.

Where to from here? Wait and see.