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*The Boy Who Talked To Dogs 
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Themes and Messages, page 36
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Telling your own story - your past doesn't have to affect your future and you can rebound / light at the end of the tunnel
Resilience, optimism, hope - his story is traumatic but he survives and thrives - e.g. "diamond"
Style and Genre, page 35
"At Slingsby, we aim to create a ‘total theatre’, employing many elements of all of the performing art forms alongside a very strong visual arts influence." - Andy Packer, Study Guide
Lighting (Chris Petridis), page 32
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e.g. blue flashes when Father entered; warm when we entered and when with the dogs; red lighting showed where the characters were going; green when in toxic environments, etc
Lighting was in and around the audience, e.g. tables and also on the walls
Shadow puppets used to show several dogs, including Shadow, and Mitzy. Projections used to show the other dogs in the shed, and Burroughs interacted with them as if they were real
The projected dogs still made it feel like real dogs (especially with sound), e.g. when they came for pats and hugged him
Set (Wendy Todd), page 23
"Several set elements in this production include circles – the table at the centre of the room and the circular space in which Martin hides himself when he’s at his most vulnerable. The performers and shadow puppets also move about the space in a circular manner. Similarly, the story sometimes circles back on itself." - Study Guide
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The stage surrounded the audience and was everywhere we could see - each corner, the centre, sometimes in the middle of the audience
Realistic set, e.g. kitchen setting, the Irish pub/bar, the barn the props
The set pieces opened up like a storybook (and we were being told a story, and it is based on a book)
We were meant to be in an Irish Pub, nestled in closely
Sound/Music (Quincy Grant, composer and Lisa O'Neill, lyrics), page 27
Irish themed music; banjo, singer, violin, etc etc, stomping, chanting to set the location of the play
Many diegetic and non-diegetic effects used throughout, and voice and live effects were made, e.g. milk bottles
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Music helped audience to feel the emotions we are meant to feel, e.g. during sad scenes, happy scenes, etc
Acting, page 12
Martin (Bryan Burroughs)
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"Hissing and fizzing" - doesn't understand how other people communicate, what they want, etc (ADHD, Anxiety, Autism?)
Changed his body and voice to show each character; child hunched over; arms folded, German accent as the mother; Father was highly mobile, broad shoulders, deeper voice; teacher hands behind back, upright, lighter voice
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Muso (Victoria Falconer)
Guiding the story, somewhat of a narrator, assists and calms Martin
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Also one of the musicians, so bridged between the Irish pub and the story
Costume (Ailsa Patterson), page 30
"The show has a theme of resilience. This is demonstrated in the costumes through the idea of endurance and the heavy breaking down of Bryan’s costume. The costume itself shows the echoes of the tough times in his life, yet it lasts through his journey." - Ailsa Patterson, Study Guide
Made Martin look scruffy; used the same clothes all the time; he is resilient; made do with the clothing he had.
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