New Poll - Stage design
Sun, 16 May 2004, 08:41 pmcrgwllms7 posts in thread
New Poll - Stage design
Sun, 16 May 2004, 08:41 pmNew poll topic - what style of stage design (proscenium, traverse, etc) do you prefer ?
The Poll-tergeist
The Poll-tergeist
Re: Poll results - Stage design
Fri, 4 June 2004, 06:16 pmWalter Plinge
crgwllms wrote:
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> I've just remembered another sometimes effective option
> that could have been included...is there a name for the type
> of staging where the audience sits in the middle and the
> action happens on all sides around them..?
Annoying?
But seriously, folks.
Maybe the above scenario is a close cousin to what I call "environmental" stagings - where the play is staged in the actual environment specified in the text, and the audience and performers mingle. "Steel Magnolias" has been done in an actual hairdressers salon, with the (rather small, I should think) audience seated as though they were customers.
"Barmaids" could work done in an actual pub, with the audience sitting where your everyday pub customer would. Conor McPherson's "The Weir" could work like this, too.
Much of it would also depend on how much audience interaction is required of the text.
Has anyone ever done this?
>
> I've just remembered another sometimes effective option
> that could have been included...is there a name for the type
> of staging where the audience sits in the middle and the
> action happens on all sides around them..?
Annoying?
But seriously, folks.
Maybe the above scenario is a close cousin to what I call "environmental" stagings - where the play is staged in the actual environment specified in the text, and the audience and performers mingle. "Steel Magnolias" has been done in an actual hairdressers salon, with the (rather small, I should think) audience seated as though they were customers.
"Barmaids" could work done in an actual pub, with the audience sitting where your everyday pub customer would. Conor McPherson's "The Weir" could work like this, too.
Much of it would also depend on how much audience interaction is required of the text.
Has anyone ever done this?
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