Copenhagen
Fri, 23 Aug 2002, 04:52 pmNath8 posts in thread
Copenhagen
Fri, 23 Aug 2002, 04:52 pmSaw Copenhagen last night, at the Octagon Theatre at UWA.
What an excellent show!
Such a pleasure to be in the presence of actors who perform so 'easily'. The show is quite 'wordy' and there is a lot of talk of the physics of Bohr and Heisenberg, but even if you don't understand the physics the actors still get the message across. The play isn't about the physics anyway, more about ethics and what drives people, how people 'create' and why they 'create'. It was also an interesting investigation into the attitude of a German person during WWII. Little has been told (to me) of how the people of Germany felt about the war while it was on and it was interesting to hear dialogue between people during this time.
I can't recall the three actors names, is it Geoff Kelso? And two others, but they just had incredible grace and presence. Remarkable stuff.
Cheers
Nath
What an excellent show!
Such a pleasure to be in the presence of actors who perform so 'easily'. The show is quite 'wordy' and there is a lot of talk of the physics of Bohr and Heisenberg, but even if you don't understand the physics the actors still get the message across. The play isn't about the physics anyway, more about ethics and what drives people, how people 'create' and why they 'create'. It was also an interesting investigation into the attitude of a German person during WWII. Little has been told (to me) of how the people of Germany felt about the war while it was on and it was interesting to hear dialogue between people during this time.
I can't recall the three actors names, is it Geoff Kelso? And two others, but they just had incredible grace and presence. Remarkable stuff.
Cheers
Nath
Re: Copenhagen
Fri, 23 Aug 2002, 05:17 pmWalter Plinge
I as well saw Copenhagen last night and must agree that it was quite a good show. It kept me riveted to my set the whole performance.
I also feel that I must mention Geoff Kelso who played Heisenberg? ( I think, Don't have the program in front of me) for his outstanding self control. 3/4 of the way through the first act he turned, mover right to the edge of the stage and said words to the effect "Could you please be quite, The rest of the audience want to hear this." He then to to 2 steps backwards, paused, then continued on with the show.
I couldn't hear anything ( being on the other side of the stage) but he obversely could. He was polite but firm. Needless to say I did noice a few people from where he looked at didn't come back for the second act.
It was good to see the actor taking control of the situation, instead of having to deal with a disrespectful audience as well as a script full of dates, european names and theoretical physics and putting on a less that professional proformance.
I can only imagine what would of happened if a mobile had gone off.
I also feel that I must mention Geoff Kelso who played Heisenberg? ( I think, Don't have the program in front of me) for his outstanding self control. 3/4 of the way through the first act he turned, mover right to the edge of the stage and said words to the effect "Could you please be quite, The rest of the audience want to hear this." He then to to 2 steps backwards, paused, then continued on with the show.
I couldn't hear anything ( being on the other side of the stage) but he obversely could. He was polite but firm. Needless to say I did noice a few people from where he looked at didn't come back for the second act.
It was good to see the actor taking control of the situation, instead of having to deal with a disrespectful audience as well as a script full of dates, european names and theoretical physics and putting on a less that professional proformance.
I can only imagine what would of happened if a mobile had gone off.