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: Wonderful, Wonderful
Sun, 1 Sept 2002, 02:04 amYes, I can't add much to these reviews of Copenhagen, except to say I thoroughly agree. Such a dense and complex story staged in such a clear and simple manner, I was quite rivetted.
But you really had to pay attention. I can now understand why the smallest distraction was looked upon as such a sin. (Actually, I can even understand a little why an audience member might not be able to concentrate...if you weren't up to the task of following, you could miss vital information and find it hard to catch up). An old gentleman next to us wasn't up to it and he nodded off; it was only a two second distraction before his wife cuffed him to stop his snore, but the damage was already done. In the instant of being distracted by him and then looking back to the stage, I lost part of a thread of one of Geoff Kelso's wonderful speeches, which annoyed me greatly. I don't condemn the poor old bloke, who did not return after interval, but I certainly would've been livid if a mobile phone or a distracting conversation had occurred that night.
So I stand by my opinion of Geoff's actions as reported in other threads, and would now add to my description, "considerate".
Congratulations, George, Geoff and Ros, for your wonderfully inspiring performances.
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