[We had our show last night. It was great. Here's what I wrote about it, my 'director's note'] hh
I love Comic Relief.
I love the occasion of it, that takes people out of their normal life.
I love staying up late to watch it (I still haven’t gotten over the novelty of that!)
I love the excitment as the programme goes on, and more and more money comes in.
I love Africa.
However, having spent some time in Africa, I realise there is a bit more to it than what we will see on TV tomorrow. Africa isn’t just a place that needs our help. In fact, there’s a lot we can gain from them. That’s part of the idea behind tonight’s show. To see Africa differently. In fact, Comic Relief actually have a website called ‘SeeAfricaDifferently.com’. Thanks for the idea, guys...
We tried to find out a load of stuff about Africa to give us ideas for making the play. You can see some of the stuff on this board. We discovered that Africa has it’s own Hollywood, it’s own The Apprentice, it’s own X-factor... And in one video we watched, a guy said he hoped that one day Africa would have it’s own Make Poverty History concert for Europe. So we’ve tried to imagine – as well as we could (none of us are Africans!) – what that would be like.
One of the things Africa is great at is community. So we’ve tried to make a bit of community here tonight. We hope you enjoy it. We hope you have fun. We hope you make some new friends. We hope you enjoy our show even more than tomorrow night’s. We hope to see you again soon.
Thanks,
Tim & all at Loose Change Theatre
I love the occasion of it, that takes people out of their normal life.
I love staying up late to watch it (I still haven’t gotten over the novelty of that!)
I love the excitment as the programme goes on, and more and more money comes in.
I love Africa.
However, having spent some time in Africa, I realise there is a bit more to it than what we will see on TV tomorrow. Africa isn’t just a place that needs our help. In fact, there’s a lot we can gain from them. That’s part of the idea behind tonight’s show. To see Africa differently. In fact, Comic Relief actually have a website called ‘SeeAfricaDifferently.com’. Thanks for the idea, guys...
We tried to find out a load of stuff about Africa to give us ideas for making the play. You can see some of the stuff on this board. We discovered that Africa has it’s own Hollywood, it’s own The Apprentice, it’s own X-factor... And in one video we watched, a guy said he hoped that one day Africa would have it’s own Make Poverty History concert for Europe. So we’ve tried to imagine – as well as we could (none of us are Africans!) – what that would be like.
One of the things Africa is great at is community. So we’ve tried to make a bit of community here tonight. We hope you enjoy it. We hope you have fun. We hope you make some new friends. We hope you enjoy our show even more than tomorrow night’s. We hope to see you again soon.
Thanks,
Tim & all at Loose Change Theatre
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Sounds interesting. I went to an exposition in Bruxelles that I think you'd have liked. Africa: Fast Foward / Africa Avance Rapide which was celebrating amazing things about the continent that we (in 'the west'?) don't see because we're so busy trying to be helpful. If you'are interested, have a look:
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To see the exhibition compiled, scroll down to online documentation and download the catalogue
And other page about it, just has an intro:
http://www.africafastforward.org/index.php?page=home&hl=en_US
You're right. Interesting indeed. I even liked the crossings out, although it reminds me of 'Open diary'... : )
ReplyDeleteIt's interesting you write about Africa having community and re-creating it here but when it is displayed in Britian it is confused with poverty and hence requires people saving from it....odd
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