The Cenci!!!
Wed, 3 Sept 2003, 06:26 pmMariel!1 post in thread
The Cenci!!!
Wed, 3 Sept 2003, 06:26 pmThe Cenci - a bit of a review
For all those who have been thinking to themselves, in much the same manner as the little girl from Strictly Ballroom, "A bit of musicality Please!" would be nice in some modern theatre these days, well CENCI has done it! Thank the gods, we have musicality and i feel very excited about it!
And more than that Cenci has given me a sense of hope, because you so rarely see true ensemble performances these days - they are too hard, and all to rare! But Cenci proves there's hope because i've never seen such an in tune and entertaining piece of ensemble theatre! It's so much fun to watch, yet so difficult to pull off, but the Cenci Haymanites have shown how easy it is for the hard working pros! The energy and passion from every member of the company made the experience horrifying, confronting and hilarious, often all at once!!! Facial expressions and general physicality never failed, and the soundscape and costumes combined to create this full-company visual image which was very strong throughout the whole show!
Well done to the likes of Mimi with the horn action. It makes a show so much more dynamic and interesting with multiskilled pertformers! The horn action was great, and the character remained the whole time! Similarly Teresa and Dyl with the Send In the Clowns number! The song said more in 30 seconds than pages of dialogue ever could have in this show!!! Really enjoyed it!
To the characters, particularly Teresa, Andy D and Paul, you have indeed shown that you do not need a good text to be a good actor!!!! These characters in Cenci became removed and yet the emoted portrayals still left me emotionally invested, and not really sure why!!! It was a pleasure to see one expression on Andy D's face, understand very little about the character, or the story, or the cotext, yet feel every aspect of the emotion! Similarly when the mother and daughter break down together, you are moved to tears. The best part is i don't know or really care why the characters were upset, which breaks free from the conventional set-up of modern performance, and therefore was a new and exciting experience as an audience member, and a mamouth effort of the parts of the lead characters! Wish i knew how you did it!
With a skeleton of a script, barely no plot, no journey, no obvious objectives - The Cenci becomes just a visual image and a soundscape of editted dialogue, where the intellectual gains were minimal, but the entertainment was MAX!!!! It was nice not to analyse the plot, the characters, the themes and issues etc, but just allow myself to be moved and exited by the visuals and energy created, and just enjoy the emotions it prompted me to feel!
What an experience!
Well done to all the cast! It was a glorious Hayman effort to be very proud of!
For all those who have been thinking to themselves, in much the same manner as the little girl from Strictly Ballroom, "A bit of musicality Please!" would be nice in some modern theatre these days, well CENCI has done it! Thank the gods, we have musicality and i feel very excited about it!
And more than that Cenci has given me a sense of hope, because you so rarely see true ensemble performances these days - they are too hard, and all to rare! But Cenci proves there's hope because i've never seen such an in tune and entertaining piece of ensemble theatre! It's so much fun to watch, yet so difficult to pull off, but the Cenci Haymanites have shown how easy it is for the hard working pros! The energy and passion from every member of the company made the experience horrifying, confronting and hilarious, often all at once!!! Facial expressions and general physicality never failed, and the soundscape and costumes combined to create this full-company visual image which was very strong throughout the whole show!
Well done to the likes of Mimi with the horn action. It makes a show so much more dynamic and interesting with multiskilled pertformers! The horn action was great, and the character remained the whole time! Similarly Teresa and Dyl with the Send In the Clowns number! The song said more in 30 seconds than pages of dialogue ever could have in this show!!! Really enjoyed it!
To the characters, particularly Teresa, Andy D and Paul, you have indeed shown that you do not need a good text to be a good actor!!!! These characters in Cenci became removed and yet the emoted portrayals still left me emotionally invested, and not really sure why!!! It was a pleasure to see one expression on Andy D's face, understand very little about the character, or the story, or the cotext, yet feel every aspect of the emotion! Similarly when the mother and daughter break down together, you are moved to tears. The best part is i don't know or really care why the characters were upset, which breaks free from the conventional set-up of modern performance, and therefore was a new and exciting experience as an audience member, and a mamouth effort of the parts of the lead characters! Wish i knew how you did it!
With a skeleton of a script, barely no plot, no journey, no obvious objectives - The Cenci becomes just a visual image and a soundscape of editted dialogue, where the intellectual gains were minimal, but the entertainment was MAX!!!! It was nice not to analyse the plot, the characters, the themes and issues etc, but just allow myself to be moved and exited by the visuals and energy created, and just enjoy the emotions it prompted me to feel!
What an experience!
Well done to all the cast! It was a glorious Hayman effort to be very proud of!
Mariel!Wed, 3 Sept 2003, 06:26 pm
The Cenci - a bit of a review
For all those who have been thinking to themselves, in much the same manner as the little girl from Strictly Ballroom, "A bit of musicality Please!" would be nice in some modern theatre these days, well CENCI has done it! Thank the gods, we have musicality and i feel very excited about it!
And more than that Cenci has given me a sense of hope, because you so rarely see true ensemble performances these days - they are too hard, and all to rare! But Cenci proves there's hope because i've never seen such an in tune and entertaining piece of ensemble theatre! It's so much fun to watch, yet so difficult to pull off, but the Cenci Haymanites have shown how easy it is for the hard working pros! The energy and passion from every member of the company made the experience horrifying, confronting and hilarious, often all at once!!! Facial expressions and general physicality never failed, and the soundscape and costumes combined to create this full-company visual image which was very strong throughout the whole show!
Well done to the likes of Mimi with the horn action. It makes a show so much more dynamic and interesting with multiskilled pertformers! The horn action was great, and the character remained the whole time! Similarly Teresa and Dyl with the Send In the Clowns number! The song said more in 30 seconds than pages of dialogue ever could have in this show!!! Really enjoyed it!
To the characters, particularly Teresa, Andy D and Paul, you have indeed shown that you do not need a good text to be a good actor!!!! These characters in Cenci became removed and yet the emoted portrayals still left me emotionally invested, and not really sure why!!! It was a pleasure to see one expression on Andy D's face, understand very little about the character, or the story, or the cotext, yet feel every aspect of the emotion! Similarly when the mother and daughter break down together, you are moved to tears. The best part is i don't know or really care why the characters were upset, which breaks free from the conventional set-up of modern performance, and therefore was a new and exciting experience as an audience member, and a mamouth effort of the parts of the lead characters! Wish i knew how you did it!
With a skeleton of a script, barely no plot, no journey, no obvious objectives - The Cenci becomes just a visual image and a soundscape of editted dialogue, where the intellectual gains were minimal, but the entertainment was MAX!!!! It was nice not to analyse the plot, the characters, the themes and issues etc, but just allow myself to be moved and exited by the visuals and energy created, and just enjoy the emotions it prompted me to feel!
What an experience!
Well done to all the cast! It was a glorious Hayman effort to be very proud of!
For all those who have been thinking to themselves, in much the same manner as the little girl from Strictly Ballroom, "A bit of musicality Please!" would be nice in some modern theatre these days, well CENCI has done it! Thank the gods, we have musicality and i feel very excited about it!
And more than that Cenci has given me a sense of hope, because you so rarely see true ensemble performances these days - they are too hard, and all to rare! But Cenci proves there's hope because i've never seen such an in tune and entertaining piece of ensemble theatre! It's so much fun to watch, yet so difficult to pull off, but the Cenci Haymanites have shown how easy it is for the hard working pros! The energy and passion from every member of the company made the experience horrifying, confronting and hilarious, often all at once!!! Facial expressions and general physicality never failed, and the soundscape and costumes combined to create this full-company visual image which was very strong throughout the whole show!
Well done to the likes of Mimi with the horn action. It makes a show so much more dynamic and interesting with multiskilled pertformers! The horn action was great, and the character remained the whole time! Similarly Teresa and Dyl with the Send In the Clowns number! The song said more in 30 seconds than pages of dialogue ever could have in this show!!! Really enjoyed it!
To the characters, particularly Teresa, Andy D and Paul, you have indeed shown that you do not need a good text to be a good actor!!!! These characters in Cenci became removed and yet the emoted portrayals still left me emotionally invested, and not really sure why!!! It was a pleasure to see one expression on Andy D's face, understand very little about the character, or the story, or the cotext, yet feel every aspect of the emotion! Similarly when the mother and daughter break down together, you are moved to tears. The best part is i don't know or really care why the characters were upset, which breaks free from the conventional set-up of modern performance, and therefore was a new and exciting experience as an audience member, and a mamouth effort of the parts of the lead characters! Wish i knew how you did it!
With a skeleton of a script, barely no plot, no journey, no obvious objectives - The Cenci becomes just a visual image and a soundscape of editted dialogue, where the intellectual gains were minimal, but the entertainment was MAX!!!! It was nice not to analyse the plot, the characters, the themes and issues etc, but just allow myself to be moved and exited by the visuals and energy created, and just enjoy the emotions it prompted me to feel!
What an experience!
Well done to all the cast! It was a glorious Hayman effort to be very proud of!