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
Sun, 6 June 2004, 08:57 pmThe Meddoes wrote:
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> Has anyone ever done this?
It's rare, but there are a couple that spring to my mind;
John Curtin did a version of The Wizard Of Oz years ago (Jake Newby design) where various scenes were played in all four corners and the audience (in the middle) needed to turn around to see.
Manitoba Theatre for Young People's "Comet In Moominland" was a puppet show staged in a small tent where the audience sat in the centre and watched the show as it travelled full circle several times.
There was a brilliant show staged at PICA which I unfortunately don't remember the title of, nor the company...they were a visiting Youth Theatre company... While the show was mainly promenade, with the audience travelling from room to room, in each location the action often happened all around us as we stood in the centre.
Barking Gecko's "Voyage Of Vasco Pyjama" was a combination of in-the-round and 'round-the-outside' ...audience sat around the outside, but also on a small island in the middle, leaving a circular track where the performance took place.
Obviously, not every play could be staged like this, and it would lend itself more to plays specifically devised around that staging...but effective nonetheless.
Cheers,
Craig
PS. Back in Perth....where did all this rain come from?
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> Has anyone ever done this?
It's rare, but there are a couple that spring to my mind;
John Curtin did a version of The Wizard Of Oz years ago (Jake Newby design) where various scenes were played in all four corners and the audience (in the middle) needed to turn around to see.
Manitoba Theatre for Young People's "Comet In Moominland" was a puppet show staged in a small tent where the audience sat in the centre and watched the show as it travelled full circle several times.
There was a brilliant show staged at PICA which I unfortunately don't remember the title of, nor the company...they were a visiting Youth Theatre company... While the show was mainly promenade, with the audience travelling from room to room, in each location the action often happened all around us as we stood in the centre.
Barking Gecko's "Voyage Of Vasco Pyjama" was a combination of in-the-round and 'round-the-outside' ...audience sat around the outside, but also on a small island in the middle, leaving a circular track where the performance took place.
Obviously, not every play could be staged like this, and it would lend itself more to plays specifically devised around that staging...but effective nonetheless.
Cheers,
Craig
PS. Back in Perth....where did all this rain come from?
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