How We Made It: Our Generation with Alecky Blythe and Daniel Evans - education resource
Overview
Playwright Alecky Blythe and director Daniel Evans discuss the process of bringing Our Generation to the stage.
Discussion focuses on Alecky Blythe’s verbatim theatre practice and how five years of interviews with teenagers from across the UK were edited and woven together to create the production.
Learning outcomes
This resource will support students to understand the process of creating and performing verbatim theatre. It gives an insight into Alecky Blythe’s work for students studying contemporary theatre practice as part of an A Level Drama course.
Production information
Dorfman Theatre, 2022.
Our Generation by Alecky Blythe; directed by Daniel Evans; set design by Vicki Mortimer; costume design by Kinnetia Isidore; lighting design by Zoe Spurr; sound design by Paul Arditti; music composition, production and direction by D.J. Walde.
Photo © Johan Persson
The full production is available to stream on the National Theatre Collection
Suitability
Suitable for 14+/KS4+
Keywords
Verbatim, Alecky Blythe, Daniel Evans, A Level Drama and Theatre, AQA
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