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Wednesday, April 10, 2013
The Tempest
God this poet is good...
May I introduce you all to Kate Tempest:
And on her take on Shakespeare:
A bit about her life:
More info in this article in The Guardian: Kate Tempest.
May I introduce you all to Kate Tempest:
And on her take on Shakespeare:
A bit about her life:
More info in this article in The Guardian: Kate Tempest.
Thursday, March 21, 2013
Happy World Poetry Day!
In honour of World Poetry Day here's my favourite poem by our greatest living Irish poet, Seamus Heaney, Postscript:
And more about the day itself:
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Theatre Must be Seen on a Stage!
Studying a play without seeing it performed on a stage is like studying cookery and never touching food... or studying science and never doing an experiment...or studying music and never listening to a song.
Reading a play might give you the story but it is not giving you the experience the playwright intended and Shakespeare certainly never intended for people to just read his plays. It's just the theory - not the practice.
To any of the Senior Cycle students studying Macbeth or Junior Cycle students studying Romeo & Juliet who have not yet brought in their money for the Cyclone Repetory Company's shows/workshops after Easter ten euro is a tiny price to pay to see scenes from your play performed on a stage. (If we brought you out to a production it would have cost circa 30 euro between ticket and bus.)
Cyclone Rep have been adapting Shakespearean plays for Second level students for years and are very skilled at combining Globe theatre acting and production styles (ie no sets, men play women etc) and discussion of important themes and issues relevant to your exams. They're entertaining, irreverent and much more fun way to revise your play than just doing another exam question.
You do not want to miss this show!
Here's a little taste of their work:
Reading a play might give you the story but it is not giving you the experience the playwright intended and Shakespeare certainly never intended for people to just read his plays. It's just the theory - not the practice.
To any of the Senior Cycle students studying Macbeth or Junior Cycle students studying Romeo & Juliet who have not yet brought in their money for the Cyclone Repetory Company's shows/workshops after Easter ten euro is a tiny price to pay to see scenes from your play performed on a stage. (If we brought you out to a production it would have cost circa 30 euro between ticket and bus.)
Cyclone Rep have been adapting Shakespearean plays for Second level students for years and are very skilled at combining Globe theatre acting and production styles (ie no sets, men play women etc) and discussion of important themes and issues relevant to your exams. They're entertaining, irreverent and much more fun way to revise your play than just doing another exam question.
You do not want to miss this show!
Here's a little taste of their work:
Monday, March 18, 2013
Poetry Playtime
Finding it hard to commit those poems to memory before the state exams? It doesn't all have to be hard work... Try this online tool to help see your studied poems in a new light..
Wordle:
A very easy website to use (assuming your Java is up to date on your computer!) Just copy and paste in the text of your poem and Wordle creates a picture from the words depending on the frequency of their use in the text. Play around with the font, colour and layout settings until you're happy with it. Here's a quick sample done by moi in less than 3 minutes:
http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/6497390/Digging_by_Seamus_Heaney
Wordle:
A very easy website to use (assuming your Java is up to date on your computer!) Just copy and paste in the text of your poem and Wordle creates a picture from the words depending on the frequency of their use in the text. Play around with the font, colour and layout settings until you're happy with it. Here's a quick sample done by moi in less than 3 minutes:
http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/6497390/Digging_by_Seamus_Heaney
Thursday, March 7, 2013
The Future is Hers
Just got this email from the UN Envoy for Global Education - I know what I'll be doing at 1.30pm tomorrow to mark Internation Women's Day!
| The Future is Hers |
| When the news came of the tragic shooting of teenage girls' education campaigner Malala Yousafzai, you spoke up for girls' rights - in protest, in support of the cause she championed, and in unity with millions of people around the globe. Tomorrow, International Women's Day, marks another moment when we come together to speak up and take action for girls and women: a reminder that, following Malala's shooting, the world will never again stand by as their rights are ignored. A reminder that the future now belongs to girls and women. UN Special Envoy Gordon Brown will be in conversation with Ziauddin Yousafzai - Malala's father - as part of the Women of the World festival at London’s Southbank Centre. Wherever you are in the world - you can tune in and watch the conversation live at 1.30pm GMT. Gordon and Ziauddin will also be taking part in a session in which Sarah Brown will be in discussion with Valerie Amos, UN under-Secretary-General, on the theme of International Activism, from 11.30am GMT. Tune in to both events here. You can also read Gordon's International Women's Day blog for The Huffington Post - The Future is Hers - here. If current trends continue, an estimated 531 million of this generation’s young girls will leave their teens without ever completing a basic school education. Show your friends and followers on Facebook and Twitter that you are one of our greatest champions of every girl's right to an education. Ask them to tune in to tomorrow's discussion and find out why 2013 is the year in which we can transform what the future holds for the millions of girls who miss out on decent schooling and learning. Click the Tweet button below to pass on the message to your followers – and please use our suggested post below for Facebook, LinkedIN and your other networks to pass on this information to your friends and followers – your voice helps ensure that the Future really is HERS. |
| Thank you, The Office of the UN Special Envoy for Global Education Suggested post: This International Women's Day, The Future Is Hers: Watch Gordon Brown in conversation with Malala's father, Ziauddin Yousafzai live at Southbank Centre, London, from 1.30pm GMT http://bit.ly/10bxOZG |
Shakespeare and Hip Hop - United by Iambic Pentameter
Just wanted to share this great TED talk by a chap called Akala about how Shakespeare verse sits perfectly into a Hip Hop beat all thanks to our friend Iambic Pentameter....
And his impressive piece called Comedy, Tragedy, History:
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