As a newly formed company, we began with a meeting on Tuesday 24th January to decide a suitable name for our company as well as possible production roles we were interested in. Our group had formed just prior to this, except for a few members, so we were all already pretty comfortable with each other, as well as knowing each other’s strengths. 6 girls and 4 boys, what could go wrong?
We began discussing roles, and it became apparent that everyone had a clear idea of what they wanted to be, which very conveniently did not clash with each other. I was very passionate about having a role as choreographer having a strong dance background, and luckily other members accepted this. After confirming production roles, we all stated that these could be subject to change if one role becomes particularly prominent throughout the process, therefore needing more than one person to achieve the role. We researched roles needed before meeting, but if I’m honest none of us actually know what we are letting ourselves in for!
Discussing ideas and roles (Atkinson, 2017)
The name of the company was a much more complicated process, and we had to go through several ‘trial and error’ techniques. After coming to no real decision, we decided it would be best to discuss our ambitions for the show, in hopes to achieve a name this way. We began a lively debate, whereby everyone had an array of ideas which we spread across an A3 sheet of paper. Our original thoughts pointed towards politics and feminism however by doing this, we were automatically in danger of creating a piece that may not be original. Having realised this, we began discussing more personal stories that had big impacts in our lives. This resulted in us realising the idea of focussing on the individual people in a bigger picture could help us to create a successful piece.
It was only then the name of our company became easier to think of. Putting these stories together would create a mismatch of scenes, making the entire show fragmented. With ideas flowing around the room… Fragment Theatre Company was born! Fragmented- ‘a small piece or a part, especially when broken from something whole’ (Dictionary, 2017). Although this meeting was extremely long, we had so much to discuss and we all left the studio overly excited and ready to create our final degree performance. I think we are all about to embark on an adventure together that could possibly shape our futures… how exciting.
Meet the team (Jarrold, 2017)
Work Cited:
Atkinson, B. (2017) Discussing ideas and roles.
Bruns, G. (1967). Yo Ho (A Pirates Life for Me). [Theme Song] Walt Disney.
Dictionary, f. (2017). fragment Meaning in the Cambridge English Dictionary. [online] Dictionary.cambridge.org. Available at: http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/fragment [Accessed 28 Jan. 2017].
Jarrold, R. (2017) Meet the team.
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