TiE Today in Wales, Author: Edward David Humphreys, University of Chester

actually in on one of the sessions. A few girls were obviously affected therefore we
had to be careful with our approach. I designed an open forum discussion in order to
gather a few stories. It was from these stories the scenes were then penned and we
took these scenes into another school and used forum theatre to engage responses
and viewpoints from the learners. I was keen that I did not want to be didactic in my
directorial approach and in providing dramaturgical support for Bethan. The minute
we start talking in doo's and dont's the whole piece falls short as we are not
presenting the reality. We wanted learners to be affected and they visibly were. We
needed to hear the learners genuine opinions on these scenes and their responses
were sometimes surprising in that many of the girls in the room were not initially
supportive of the person who had done or been caught up in the Sexting. From this
Bethan developed a 1st draft of the script. We then gathered at Arad Goch with the 4
actors I wanted to cast in the roles and we developed the script together so that the
actors felt ownership and to give Bethan different perspectives on character analysis
and responses.
DH: In your Arts Scene in Wales, you discuss of how the target audience has
expanded from year 10 and 11 to including year 8s. Did you adapt the piece to suit
the younger audience member? If you did, in what ways did you change the piece?
AL: No we did not adapt. The only aspects we changed were updated vocabulary
around apps and the technology etc.
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