UNIT 8

       Caryl Churchill                               LOVE & INFORMATION       Caryl always manages to have her pulse on the moral, social, and political issues that are current in our society. She is and has consistently been throughout her career, a formal adventurer in terms of her theatrical language so that she’s constantly challenging not just literally the language in which theatre is spoken, but also the context, the theatricality and the dramatic landscape in which she works. In that sense, she is one of the great innovators of post-war British drama. Stephen Daldry, Royal Court Artistic Director, 1992-1998, in an extract from The Royal Court Theatre: Inside Out by Ruth Little and Emily MacLaughlin, Oberon, 2007 Caryl Churchill’s play, Love and Information, presents a shift in focus from unstable personal and political identity towards ...

Name: Elena Chiriac Project name: Love and Information       During the project "Love and Information"   we have been through new experiences. Because Caryl Churchill 's style is very different from the other writers it was something new for all of us and it made us challenge ourselves.   Playing a psychopath helped me a lot with the fear about the audience, I had to be very confident about it and not be afraid to embrace myself in front of people. I also had a role where I was trying to remind my wife who I was, I had to play a very manipulative role to be believable for the audience. All of my characters made me experience new things and feelings.        "Love and Information"  is an ensemble of seven sections each with a number of scenes that range from less than a minute in length to a few minutes long.  In the beginning, it was a little hard for me to understand or imagine the play because it doesn't say where or whe...

Name: Elena Chiriac Pathway: Level 3 Acting Project name: Love and Information FINAL MAJOR PROJECT.