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THEATRE / SCOTLAND Ulster American Traverse Theatre THEATRE / SCOTLAND Ulster American Traverse Theatre Education Resources 85 minutes, no interval Suitable for Year 12 Students Compiled by Kimberley Martin, December 2018 Copyright protects this Education Resource. Except for purposes permitted by the Copyright Act, reproduction by whatever means is prohibited. However, limited photocopying for classroom use only is permitted by educational institutions. The content remains the property of the Adelaide Festival Inc. 2018. 1 Arts Curriculum subjects, English and areas covered and relevant IB subjects Suggested curriculum links presented in following colours: SACE Drama Music English IB Arts Individuals and Societies Language and Literature CAPABILITIES Literacy and numeracy come in many forms – non-verbal, visual and embodied, the Arts provide opportunities for students to deepen their literate and numerate experiences. Viewing and experiencing performance requires Critical and Creative Thinking, and challenges Personal & Social viewpoints, Intercultural Understanding and Ethical Understandings. 2 Content Warnings Ulster American is recommended for Year 12 students only with parental permission and school support. It contains strong language, violence, sexual references, and themes including rape and sexual assault and graphic violence. NO LATECOMERS ADMITTED 3 Content Pg. 5 About Pg. 6 Synopsis and Themes Pg. 8 Production Pg. 10 Curriculum links & provocations and activities pre and post show Pg. 15 Meet the company plus additional resources 4 About Winner of the 2018 Best of Edinburgh Award as well as a Scotsman Fringe First, the most talked-about show of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2018 arrives fresh from a smash-hit, sold out run at the Traverse Theatre. Written by Belfast born actor turned playwright David Ireland, whose most recent play Cyprus Avenue won the James Tait Black Award 2017 and Best Play at the Irish Times Theatre Awards2017, and directed by Traverse Associate Director Gareth Nicholls ( How to Disappear, Letters to Morrissey, Trainspotting ). Exploring abuses of power, the confusion of cultural identity and the silencing of the female voice, Ulster American is confrontational and brutally funny. Photo: Sid Scott 5 Synopsis Famed actor from America, Jay, Northern Irish playwright, Ruth, and British theatre director, Leigh, gather the night before rehearsals start for Ruth’s play. Leigh and Ruth are anticipating great success hinging on Jay’s involvement in the production and Jay is looking forward to connecting to his Irish heritage. During the course of the conversations on the play’s challenges and provocation the discussion becomes heated and very personal. Each are challenged to question their moral compasses and sets in motion a series of events that starts to expose their true personalities in quite an ugly and grotesque and ultimately leads to a violent climax. Themes Cultural Identity Gender Politics Abuse of Power Disempowerment of the female voice Photo: Sid Scott 6 Characters Jay, Male, mid 40s. An Oscar-winning movie star from America Leigh, Male, mid 40s. An ambitious theatre director from England Ruth, Female, 30s. A talented playwright from Northern Ireland Together they present idiotic, posturing, mansplainers who are blissfully unaware of the depth of their ignorance when it comes to world affairs (in this case Northern Ireland) To quote Jay, the Oscar-winning movie star from America, When someone treats me like a piece of shit… I bring out my Academy Award. It has something to say. It’s saying I’m right. Photo: Sid Scott 7 Production Style and Conventions Ulster American is both outrageous and uproarious and for Drama, English and Creative Arts students it provides an experience of black satire theatre that intends to provoke conversations we need to have. Naturalistic in script, timing and performance but performed on a thrust stage. The set design is also naturalistic; the audience views the three performers in a contemporary hotel room in which all the action takes place over the course of one evening in real time. Venue Dunstan Playhouse, Adelaide Festival Centre. 600 seat proscenium arch theatre with both raked stalls and balcony. Tech Insider Flats are an incredibly useful and commonly used component to set design. They are a way of providing scenery that is lightweight and more portable (great for touring productions!) than building real walls for interior scenes. Often flats show scenery to give audiences insight into where the action is taking place; this can be realistic or more abstract. In Ulster American flats are used to create the hotel-room where the action takes place. Here is an insight into the technical structure of these flats so that the Adelaide Festival production team can recreate the set perfectly after it has been sent all the way from the United Kingdom. *INSERT PRODUCTION IMAGE OF SET BELOW FLATS IMAGE 8 9 Curriculum Provocations and activities – Pre-Show The characters make reference to Princess Diana and Margaret Thatcher as examples of women in power and those disempowered. References that could be helpful for students to understand: Who was Princess Diana? Princess Diana was Princess of Wales while married to Prince Charles. One of the most adored members of the British royal family, she died in a 1997 car crash. Born Diana Spencer on July 1, 1961, Princess Diana became Lady Diana Spencer after her father inherited the title of Earl Spencer in 1975. She married the heir to the British throne, Prince Charles, on July 29, 1981. They had two sons and later divorced in 1996. Diana died on August 31, 1997, from injuries she sustained in a car crash in Paris. She is remembered as the "People's Princess" because of her widespread popularity and global humanitarian efforts. Find more at: https://www.biography.com/people/princess-diana-9273782 Who was Margaret Thatcher? Prime Minister (1925–2013) The first female prime minister of Britain, Margaret Thatcher was a controversial figurehead of conservative ideology during her time in office. Born on October 13, 1925, in Grantham, England, Margaret Thatcher became Britain's Conservative Party leader and in 1979 was elected prime minister, the first woman to hold the position. During her three terms, she cut social welfare programs, reduced trade union power and privatized certain industries. Thatcher resigned in 1991 due to unpopular policy and power struggles in her party. She died on April 8, 2013, at age 87. Find out more from: https://www.biography.com/people/margaret-thatcher-9504796 10 Both women were influential in vastly different ways – students to discuss what and where their spheres of influence were most influential? Historical Context Students to research: 1. the conflicts of Northern Ireland – both religion based and the rule of the British 2. Many Irish immigrated to America – research why and the conflict that led to the Boston tea party. 3. England is said to have an entrenched class system – research the origins of this and consider its impact on society, particularly in terms of gender balance. A class discussion forming links between the three perspectives will increase understanding of the characters’ motivations and heighten students understanding of the depth of conflict within the performance. How can comedy be used to explore difficult topics? “A good joke packs a harder punch than many other forms of dialogue, and it can reach people who would otherwise be unwilling to listen.” - Mary O’Hara, Mosaic 30 August 2016 As the English cop-turned-comedian Alfie Moore points out , if they are laughing, they are listening, when talking about his greater impact as a comedian than when he was a policeman. Liz Carr ’s (British actress, comedian, broadcaster and international disability rights activist) wickedly dark comedy pivots on challenging perceptions. Carr, says that to regard comedy merely as something frivolous would constitute a failure to comprehend its place in the world. With a career spanning radio, television (she currently stars in the hit drama Silent Witness ), stand-up and sketch comedy, Carr was one of the pioneers in the flourishing arena of comics with disabilities; Often we don’t know how to react about things , she says. And there’s an expectation that you shouldn’t laugh at this or at that. I’m thinking about disability [here]. People are, ‘Oh… we don’t want to offend anyone. So there’s something about, if you can break that down in laughter, it’s like a relief and a release valve. Read the whole article at: http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20160829-how-laughter-makes- us-better-people 11 Power Play What can happen when those in power abuse their position? Students to discuss past and present political leaders who have extended their hold on power in this way (Hitler, Stalin, Putin, Trump) and consider any other positions in society where this might happen (i.e. Harvey Weinstein). Cultural Identity Crisis Students to discuss their understanding and perceptions of: - What is cultural identity and how do stereotypes play a role in this? - What is your cultural identity? - Do you think other people identify you with this same cultural identity? - Why or why not? Post-Show Ideas and Conversation Starters To be one-eyed From The Macquarie Dictionary: Adjective 2. having a strong bias in favour of someone or something: * Every studio had a crowd of one-eyed followers who'd vote for the studio's representative –t.a.g. hungerford, 1983. Consider the motif of being one-eyed in relation to Jay’s character. When was this idea used throughout
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