My Relationship With Siobhan - in Christophers' POV

Siobhan is my English teacher at my school. She is my favourite teacher because she listens to me when I talk to her. And she doesn't tell anybody what we talk about. And she understands me like father does. And I can go to her when I can't go to father. But I can't live with her as she is not a member of my family. I think she will always try to help me and listen to me but that is silly because I am going to get an A* in A level maths and then I will get an A* in Further maths. And in two years I will take A level Physics and get an A* and then I will go away to university in another town. And live in a flat with a garden and will get First Class Honers Degree and Siobhan can't come with me because she lives in Swindon and works in my school. I like Siobhan because I can trust her and she doesn't lie to me.

Autism-Wikipedia-Simple English

Autism is a life-changing disorder characterized by a profound withdrawal from contact with people, repetitive behavior, and fear of change in the environment. The emotional disorder affects the brain's ability to receive and process information. People who have autism find it difficult to act in a way that other people think is "normal". They find it difficult to talk to other people, to look at other people and often do not like being touched by other people. A person who has autism seems to be turned inwards. They may talk only to themselves, rock themselves backwards and forwards, and laugh at their own thoughts. They do not like any type of change and may find it very difficult to learn a new behavior like using a toilet or going to school.

How to block the play

I had an idea to have Christopher in each scene but when he talked to Siobhan everyone freezes as if my story paused and waiting for her to carry on reading my story.

Inside the mind of Christopher

The idea is that everyone is a voice in my head and we walk around and say mathematical facts but when we get close to each other we react scared and turn the other way, so the social anxiety kicks in inside my head. I feel this is effective as it shows the math genious of the character and the social anxiety at the same time, it also conveys the amount that is going on inside the characters head.

Double (Joe) -5 Ways To Tell A Story

Monologue

A monologue is a great way to tell a personal story as it can show the character's emotions during the telling of their story, it also creates a close relationship between the actor and the audience and is good for creating atmospheres. However, this can be less effective when their a multiple characters with their own viewpoint of the story and will get boring if the audience had five people giving long monologues on the same story with nothing to break it up.

Dance

Dance can quickly show the story and portray an emotion through the song played with the dance which can be really effective, however this doesn't build a strong relationship with the audience and can't get as emotional response than a monologue can.

Flashbacks and Flash-forwards

This is a brilliant way to reveal parts of the story when they will be most effective and can be used to create plot twists and change opinions of the characters. However if the story being told is quite simple then flashbacks and flash-forwards can be made redundant.

Split Screen

This is effective to show two parts of the story that happen at the same time at the same time and like flashbacks and flash-forwards can be used for plot twists. However, again like flashbacks and flash-forwards they can be made redundant if the story is simple or doesn't follow more than one character.

Narration

Is an easy way to tell a story and tell the emotions and reactions of each character, it also gets the audience to feel involved with the story as it breaks the forth wall. But for people how come to see a performance to experience the story being told the story sort of defeats the purpose of it.