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A day in the life of a DP (Design/Production student) is a very varied one. The first year of Trinity life is centred around the acquisition of production skills. From welding to sound editing we get to have a go at everything. So much so that by the end of the year we had built and painted a set for our end of year production of Eden Street; a night of self-devised collaborative drama in which we were also responsible for the lighting, sound and stage management. By the end of first year we had been made fully aware that “it is all in the detail” and from that point on “it’ll do” were words unbeknown to us.
The second year involved much more design; costume and set were focused on given texts. Set design included model-making and then a following module of CAD. Lighting design had much more of a self devised stimulus. The Painting with Light module involved us travelling around Carmarthen in the middle of the night visiting the sites we had chosen for our lighting project, a night that despite the Carmarthen rain has been one of our most enjoyable.
During our time at Trinity we have studied many different theatre movements. In our second year we were exposed to the worlds of Dadaism and Existentialism or rather the worlds of Dadaism and Existentialism were exposed to us.
By the time we got to our third year we had experience enough to know what area we wished to pursue and had begun to specialise further. The first module of our final year was a touring production. The year was split into two companies, one doing Radio Days and the other Ladies Don’t Carry Guns. Touring theatre was the first time that we had experienced working as a company with individual roles. At times during that module we were pushed to limits that we didn’t know we had but came out at the end more capable than we had imagined. The following modules seemed to run somewhat smoothly. Site-specific theatre involved us once more opening the doors in our dangerously bizarre minds when we explored the workings of Edgar Allan Poe in our production of The City in the Sea. Combining mask work, puppets, extravagant lighting, sound and the cunning use of the space, we succeeded in creating a world where even Poe would have been at home.
The Women of Troy was the pinnacle of our time here; it truly takes three years to get this good. In this, our largest main house production, we all found ourselves in roles that we wanted, and that we trusted. Everyone was given the opportunity to excel in their chosen field and did so spectacularly. From Stage Management to Video every htmlect of this production screams of our talent and professionalism. It was an honour and a joy to be involved in the perfect end to our time here.
So we invite you to join us in our exhibition. In true style we have gone above expectation and devised a lavish world where we take you on a journey through our collective talents, skills and experience.
Enter our world where nothing is the same; a world where the bricks don’t match.
See the School of Theatre & Performance pages for more information.
