antigone
Tue, 27 Aug 2002, 08:48 amWalter Plinge6 posts in thread
antigone
Tue, 27 Aug 2002, 08:48 ami'm wondering if anyone went to see Antigone, i auditioned for it but was away and couldn't see it, how was it?
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Re: antigone
Wed, 28 Aug 2002, 05:34 pmWalter Plinge
I saw it too, but must warn that I am completely bias as I played Antigone earlier this year and have an almost scary amount of knowledge about the play....
I loved the set; symbolism of the salt was great but the actors had a few problems walking on it (kudos to the guy who played Haemon, completely at ease on the salt, always a good thing); loved the single door at the back...
Costumes also good, liked the chorus all in white, contrasts with Ismene and Antigone were interesting, liked the uniformity of it all...
Music was perhaps the best part of the play; what a great idea; I too noticed the short amount of silence when it happened; kudos to both the musicians...
My opinions on the actors varied. Standout performance was Rentato Someone as Haemon, all I can say is 'wow'... Luke as Creon was interesting, considering I knew him as a wee lad; loved the chorus, though felt there were a few of them, who shall remain nameless, who were doing their best to upstage everyone...Alex was compelling as Antigone, I enjoy seeing different interpretations of the character... Carla as Ismene and the girl who played Euridyce (forgot her name, sorry!) were less compelling, but all actors knew their lines backwards, which I am beginning to appreciate more and more...
Main criticism would be that they completely lost the idea of Ismene as a foil for Antigone's strongness and opinionated nature: Ismene is designed to be weak, the "perfect woman", to be swayed easily, to be scared and afraid and gutless - I hardly saw any of this, which meant that the relationship between Antigone and Ismene wasnt as contrasting as it could have been (was meant to be?)
For some reason, there was a cast and director forum after the performance I saw, this was interesting to hear from some of the actors and the director, though no kudos go to the woman who dominated this forum with her ignorant, rude and intrusive nature...
Hmm, reading over this, perhaps I liked it more than I first thought... :)
My only question now is: what ARE they going to do with 27 tonnes of salt???
I loved the set; symbolism of the salt was great but the actors had a few problems walking on it (kudos to the guy who played Haemon, completely at ease on the salt, always a good thing); loved the single door at the back...
Costumes also good, liked the chorus all in white, contrasts with Ismene and Antigone were interesting, liked the uniformity of it all...
Music was perhaps the best part of the play; what a great idea; I too noticed the short amount of silence when it happened; kudos to both the musicians...
My opinions on the actors varied. Standout performance was Rentato Someone as Haemon, all I can say is 'wow'... Luke as Creon was interesting, considering I knew him as a wee lad; loved the chorus, though felt there were a few of them, who shall remain nameless, who were doing their best to upstage everyone...Alex was compelling as Antigone, I enjoy seeing different interpretations of the character... Carla as Ismene and the girl who played Euridyce (forgot her name, sorry!) were less compelling, but all actors knew their lines backwards, which I am beginning to appreciate more and more...
Main criticism would be that they completely lost the idea of Ismene as a foil for Antigone's strongness and opinionated nature: Ismene is designed to be weak, the "perfect woman", to be swayed easily, to be scared and afraid and gutless - I hardly saw any of this, which meant that the relationship between Antigone and Ismene wasnt as contrasting as it could have been (was meant to be?)
For some reason, there was a cast and director forum after the performance I saw, this was interesting to hear from some of the actors and the director, though no kudos go to the woman who dominated this forum with her ignorant, rude and intrusive nature...
Hmm, reading over this, perhaps I liked it more than I first thought... :)
My only question now is: what ARE they going to do with 27 tonnes of salt???