The Theatre

Small chatter and laughter came rolling down the stairs as the audience walk themselves up the 39 steps of theatre on Bunker in Adamstown to be a part of one of the last dinner theatres left in Newcastle. Cast and production team members of the play 39 steps await to greet you at the entrance, welcoming you with a cheerful smile and a warm meal. When first arriving and observing the inside the building you wonder how this small old church will pull off a play as complex as 39 steps. The stage is

The Bacchae was really interesting to see, especially after taking the spectacle theatre class. It actually reminded me more of exercises that we did in spectacle theater than in this class but it did remind me of the sound project, particularly when the Bacchae go into the crowd and start yelling from the sidelines during the “Walls Work” scene because it was a really great way of creating a sort of soundscape atmosphere that came from more than one direction on the stage. Those are the kind of

During the Spring of 2015, I had a very substantial alteration to my life. It was my first year in the world of Technical Theatre. I had a slight interest in sound, but I was floating along with whatever came my way. I found myself deemed the sound designer for Dana Brown Mainstage Theater’s production, “[title of show]”. This position was a large responsibility for me, as I found this class very crucial and beneficial to a possible future career. I had never imagined the places this show would

or she will wear to enhance characterization” (“The costumes designers role”). There is an extensive history of Costume design in Theater, an each century has importance. Theatre design has believed to be created from the ancient Greeks. There costumes varied because of how they grew up living in a ritualized style of theatre. Their costumes consisted of face masks, face painting’s, and even full body paintings. They wore these design’s to

Theatre performances often leave their audiences with a sense of wonder or questioning of the performance. Performances are intimate as there are no discussions and an audience member must sit and through visual stimulation, there is no call for imagination regarding settings in a play. When it comes to performances that are a form of protest or to spread awareness of issues that communities are facing, everything is done with the purpose of initiating change. Every theatre performance a person sees

I believe to understand performance you must first understand what it’s about and its history. One of the biggest ideas in performance art is breaking the rule. Theatre was first discovered by ancient Greece. The people of Greece first started doing performances to please the gods and to celebrate them. They started with just a chorus, but over time people started adding more and more people on stage. The first rule that came up from this is no more than three people on stage. The second was to change

I went to the Broward Center for The Performing Arts in Fort Lauderdale, Florida to see the musical: Newsies; choreographed by Christopher Gattelli and Lou Castro. The style of dance that appeared to be most evident to me was contemporary musical theatre along with some tap. In terms of technique, I noticed they really used their plie to help launch them into all of their jumps and leaps; this is something I noticed the most in the fight scene. After seeing their usage of plie, I thought of when you

The concept of Drama/theatre Metaphor, using this is useful for analysing the performance of services. Service organisation must create desirable impressions for the audience and maintain it, this is done by managing that actors settings and behaviours For the service I have encountered, the restaurant is the stage where the drama unfolds. The personnel of front stage actors are the receptionist and the waiters. Backstage personnel being the chefs cooking in the kitchen and the organisation of the

Aladdin For my theatre critique, I went to see Aladdin written by Chad Beguelin and performed by the Disney Theatrical Productions. This production was performed at the Orpheum Theatre in San Francisco. I saw this performance November 7, 2017. Overall, I thought that the production was magnificent. In the opening number the Genie, despite him being the understudy, sang beautifully and set up the show very nicely. He started off with comedy right away by holding up a Golden State Warriors hat after

Gabe Hall English 3-4 H Mrs. Coughlin 21 January, 2016 Athenian Theater Theater and plays were a very big part of Athenian society and daily life. A lot of time and effort went into the preparation of these plays. These preparations ranged from the building of the stage itself, to the kind of props and scenery used, to who was going to perform in the plays and what costumes they would wear. Over the course of this essay I will be going in depth about a few of the important things that were used