WHEELLER PLAYS EXEMPLIFIED

CONTENTS

Structure and Pace

Two extracts illustrating how dynamic pace and changes of rhythm can engage an audience.
Too Much Punch for Judy: ‘A Night on the Piss’
Hard To Swallow: ‘At the Meal Table’

Physical Theatre

Using two extracts including the ever popular ‘Brussels Sprout Scene’
Arson About (TIE version): ‘Fireworks at the Fair’
Hard To Swallow: ‘The Brussels Sprout Scene’

‘Precis’ Theatre

Showing how a long period of time can be compressed using a theatrical convention.
Hard To Swallow: ‘In and Out of Hospital’

Cheating Into Emotion

A device for dealing with high emotion without resorting to high melodrama.
Arson About: ‘The Smoke Clears’

Use of Monologue

Four examples of this technique, each used in a different way.
Chicken!: Nut Job’s monologue
Too Much Punch for Judy: ‘Childhood and Youth in Retrospect’ – focus on facial expressions
Too Much Punch for Judy:‘ Childhood and Youth in Retrospect’ – focus on movement and levels
Graham – World’s Fastest Blind Man: ‘Unemployment – Employment’

Using projected Images

Two examples, including one showing ‘Brechtian Alienation’ and one how documentary material can be used.
Graham – World’s Fastest Blind Man: ‘Graham’s Early Years’
Missing Dan Nolan: ‘A Much Loved Son and Brother’

Narration

Six extracts highlighting aspects such as use of mime, song, flashback, stylistic narration and ‘Epic Theatre’.
Kill Jill: ‘No Tea Bags’
Graham – World’s Fastest Blind Man: ‘King of the College’
Missing Dan Nolan: ‘Noodles and Out’
No Place for a Girl / Sweet FA: ‘Spanner in the Works’
Chunnel of Love: ‘Birth Sequence’
Legal Weapon ll: ‘Fatality’

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