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Graham-World's Fastest Blind Runner
Production DVD
Filmed: at the Oaklands Youth Theatre Duration: 55 minutes Award: National “Best Youth Theatre” production All England
Theatre Festival (2008
Now an exemplar study text in the 2009 Edexcel GCSE Drama Teacher and
Student books.
The original award winning (final night) Oaklands Youth Theatre
production of this play.
Includes a multi camera angled, professionally filmed version
of the play. Ideal to introduce a class to the play; and as a bonus, a
one camera shoot of the version which was shown at the All English
Theatre Festival Final (2008 award winners for ensemble work).
Here's what Paul Mills, Head of Drama, Westgate School,
Winchester had to say:
“Mark Wheeller’s passion
for physical theatre was tested to the full in this production as he
wove the tale of his friend’s life and subsequent death through a
monochrome ensemble kitted out with nothing but a couple of buckets full
of white-washed broom handles and a string of pearls.
The cast created a rich
stage poetry that was as near to magical illusion as is possible without
the help of smoke and mirrors. The actors transformed their white brooms
into every imaginable setting, giving a slick backdrop to the main
action.”
You might want to consider ordering a script at the same
time!
The audience I sat in was patently out for some whooping Friday night fun watching their mates on stage.
At the end there was a horrid silence.
Times Educational Supplement
