For this session we had a new group member, Melissa, and were also joined by theatre professional, Tunde, who will be helping us with the play campaign.
The group filled the newcomers in on their ideas so far.
We talked about the idea of starting a mock fight in the playground to get people's attention, then have teachers come in to break it up and do a short interactive theatre piece with the children who come running over.
What steps do we need to take to create the play?
1. Research
2. Write the script/scenario
3. Choose director/actors/characters/music
4. Sort locations and props
5. Do advertising/promotion
What do we need to make this happen?
- An experienced campaigner - Katy Dawe from Art Against Knives?
- An experience playwright and director - Tunde
- Experience of knife crime
With the experiences of knife crime the group have had and Tunde's experience in theatre, we have all the experience we need right here in this room.
If we want to bring in artists/celebrities we need to have the idea more tailored and make a direct approach. We need to think about what their involvement will say about us as a collective. They might want to catch a ride on OUR reputation.
We discussed the age of our audience and whether it's better to target younger children, as young as Year 6.
Everyone had a story to tell so we thought it would work well if we could incorporate this into our play.
In creating the story we decided we wanted it to be:
- True
- Based on real life experiences (our experiences)
- Simplified so that young people can understand the message.
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