Bertolt Brecht!

In Siobhan's lesson we were split into three groups. Each group were given a poem written by Brecht. Our task was to perform our own interpretation of the poem.

The poem we were given was called 'On Thinking About Hell'. Siobhan already gave us some information about the poem such as Brecht writing it when he was in Los Angeles, but as a group we decided to sit down and read the poem to gain more of an understanding on it.
The play is very much about being alienated and isolated. Although the play seems to be about hell, Brecht seems to be describing it as the complete opposite. The lines, and phrases that stood out for us was:

• "Luxuriant gardens"
• "Flowers as big as trees, which of course wither unhesitantly if not nourished with very expensive water"
• "...Fruit markets with great heaps of fruit..."
• "Jolly-looking people..."
• And houses, built for happy people..."

All the irony Brecht created inspired us to create a very grotesque piece. We decided to show the audience someone's adventure and journey through hell. Liza played the person experiencing "hell" while me, James, and Chris played the characters who lure her into the experience. The beginning starts off with James and Chris as tree's with a white screen placed upstage centre. Liza walks on stage through the audience looking confused. She approaches the tree and picks off a fruit and eats it. I then come out behind the screen skip towards her, holding her hand and dragging her around the stage while pointing around the room showing her hell. Still showing signs of confusion she walks away and looks back at the white screen. James and Chris are at either side of the screen doing grotesque movements and actions behind the screen keeping Liza, as well as the audience guessing what they're doing. Not allowing Liza to have a look I drag her way from the screen. Chris and James then pull out three chairs for us to sit in.
Once we're sat down Me, James, and Chris freeze with huge grins on our faces. Liza then walks up to us trying to figure out what's happening. However James and I then grab her arm, and throw her into Chris. Me, James and Chris then hold hands, making Liza be in the middle unable to escape. Us three then skip around her in a child-like, playful manner singing 'Ring-a-ring o' Roses'.
The adventure then ends after we sing "...We all fall down!" and Liza falls to the floor while Me, James and Chris walk off behind the screen leaving Liza on the floor (CS).