I recently saw a description for a theatre company’s production of Henrik Ibsen’s play A Doll’s House Hedda Gabler as being in the style of “hyper-realism”. I am aware of the term hyper-realism in the visual arts, but did not know of the term’s use in the theatre.
If we work on the basis that realism and naturalism were two distinct theatre movements and not to be used as interchangeable terms, then maybe hyper-realism is referring to what others call naturalism in the theatre? Or is it something different, again?
Any readers willing to shed some light on this, I’d love to hear your comments below.
Update: Here’s an article in The New York Times about a new adaptation of Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler set in a Manhattan town house. Interesting….
Reuters said yesterday a new report by Theatre Projects Consultants, a large theatre design company, showed the average seat size in US theatres increased in width from 19 to 21 inches from 1900 to 1990. As a result, the report claims a modern theatre only holds about half the capacity than that of a theatre built a century ago. The company also says since 1990, the cost and size of theatre auditoriums has grown almost 30%, accommodating for the delicate balance between proximity to the stage and audience comfort. However, it seems someone forgot to tell Broadway about the need for larger seats and more leg room!
Yesterday I went to an interesting professional learning seminar at the head office of Apple Inc, Melbourne. As my workplace has recently changed from being a Windows school to a Mac school in the past couple of years, I was eager to hear advice and case studies on how Macs are being used in the classroom with teachers and students.
I listened to how iPods and iPhones are being used in schools for projects, how Macbooks and various Apple applications are integrated into teaching programs for a wide variety of learning tasks in everything from Maths to Art, how iTunes U has added academic depth to video and audio resources for teachers and students and there was lots of talk about the growing number of schools in Australia going 1:1 (1 laptop per student).
But after I left the seminar it hit me.
With every Apple education officer in the room proudly displaying their new iPads, no one ever mentioned how new these devices are being used in classroom settings, if at all?
Has anyone got any stories they’d like to share about how they have used the iPad in the classroom with students? Better still, has anyone used an iPad in a drama/theatre classroom with students?
I recently saw a description for a theatre company’s production of Henrik Ibsen’s play A Doll’s House Hedda Gabler as being in the style of “hyper-realism”. I am aware of the term hyper-realism in the visual arts, but did not know of the term’s use in the theatre.
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