A lookinto UAL studies...

Interested in UAL? Listen to what Lola has to say about her latest UAL project:

Rightnow we're doing The Birthday Party, it's an absurdistpiece oftheatre by Harold Pinter. My character is McCann, who's Irish and it's not clear what his profession is because of the absurdistgenre ofthe play. Ihave chosen to interpret his character as being a low-level member of agang, who works as the "muscle" in his relationship with Goldberg.

Ithinkthe representation of Irish characters is indicative of Pinter's love for Ireland andhis previous work there. However, I alsothinkthat some of McCann's traits are somewhat stereotypical suchas his habit ofdrinking a lot andhis refusaltodrink Scotch instead of Irish whiskey. Ido think there are definitely moments of McCann's culturebeing appreciatedsuch as throughthe use of folksongs which arethe only songs explicitly mentioned intheplay.

Totry andhonemy Irishaccent I'vebeen watching instructiveYouTube videos on thetopic. I've also been watchingsomeshows featuring Irishcharacters such as 'Peaky Blinders' in which the firstfew seasons have alot of Irishcharacters, playedby Irish actors.

Comesee 7he BirthdayParty'in the first week back after Easter!

- Lola,Year 12

UAL Gallery: Featuredhere are some photos as well as posters (made by Lola herself!) showcasing their previous projecton 'Clowning: