Lesson 4

In our lesson today we began to think about each part of our library performance. The piece will be made up of mini scenes each one separated by a section of the play 'Spine', which is one continuous monologue and has been split up and given to some of the actors. In the lesson we established the contents of the play;

• Malala scene
• Nazi book burning scene
• The a-z of libraries (song and flip board)
• Library interviews from friends/ family members
• Pink Floyd- We Don't Need No Education 
• Matilda scene 
• Spine monologues 

I was given the section with the flip board, where me, Olivia and Sidonie will talk the audience through the a-z of libraries. Each letter of the alphabet will have a word that is connected to libraries. The words are: 

1. Audio books                                     
2. Borrow
3. Comics
4. Dictionary
5. Encyclopedia 
6. Fiction
7. Government
8. History
9. Information
10. Journals
11. Knowledge
12. Lend
13. Movies
14. Newspapers
15. Open
16. Plays
17. Quiet
18. Resources
19. Study 
20. Travel guides
21. Useful
22. Variety
23. Words

We also created a song and small dance routine to introduce the a-z of libraries section. We are taking our inspiration from cabaret dancers, who are over the top and use a lot of jazz hands! We will start off with our back to the audience, then turn round one by one, saying 'a', then 'b', then 'c'. We will begin to click and start off singing 'the a-z of libraries' quietly, then get louder until we are really loud. Then Sidonie will sing the last line and me and Olivia will turn to her and tell her to 'sshhhhh', as if we were in a library.  

We also created another scene where there is a group of us who start off by being the Hitler youth. We have one arm up in the air in a Nazi solute, then as an ensemble we will slowly bring our arms down and  start a sequence of each person saying the uses of books. We will have books in our hand and when each actor gives a use of a book, we will all do an action, using our book,  to go with that use. The order is :

1. Edgar - "books can give you shelter"
2. Will - "books can inspire you"
3. Sidonie - "books can shield you"
4. Mani - "books can make you stand tall"
5. Hector - "books can be a weapon"
6. Nicole - "books can console you"
7. Olivia - "books can comfort you"
8. Delaniey - "books can distract you"
9. Eleanor - "books can educate you"