Oyster Boy

Oyster Boy is a devised piece which is based on the poem 'The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy' by Tim Burton.

Overall I really enjoyed the performance as the techniques they used such as the use of music was really effective in terms of setting the mood as well as making it seem as if the play is set at the beach. A ukulele was used to create this as well as the use of costume which added to the idea of it being set at the beach as they wore costume commonly wore at the beach. 

The use of puppet was really effective. The movement and voice of the puppet was created through someone physically moving it and his voice was also created by one of the actors creating that voice, the puppet didn't speak, the only sounds that it made were giggles and sounds that expressed emotion which was really effective in terms of humanising the puppet. Also, as long as the puppet could be seen on stage it was moving. 

They used minimal props however the props they used reflected setting of the play which was the beach. They used baskets, a blue sheet which was representative of the sea and thats what they used it for. The ukulele. Also, they used music when one of the actors when under the sea (blue sheet0 which was really effective in creating the idea of her being under water.