The audience can influence the experience the theatergoer will interpret greatly. This can range from the amount of members in a particular performance to even the way the audience is dressed. A solid audience is key to the full experience of a performance. However, a solid audience will vary from theatre to theatre. The social aspect of theatre is particularly important to those attending. Other people allows one to have a sense of belonging to a group, which will amplify the experience a theatergoing will feel. Having a single member in the audience can create an enormous amount of problems. For one, the member of the audience may come to the conclusion that this play is simply horrible. Also, there is no one else to share the experience with - it will be awkward …show more content…
The space in which the audience occupies may feel cluttered, or may even be flooded at the superfluous amount of people attending. The shared experience won't feel genuine as there are so many people responding. Ironically, it may feel as though one is alone, even if there are plenty of people nearby. Finally, a large number of people may make the performance literally unwatchable. This can occur from an assortment of reasons, but it will most likely vary from audience to audience. One example of this may be from an extremely large audience that takes up so much space that one can no longer correctly experience the performance. Since the performances are artificial, groups often give special permissions only available within the theatre environment. Since these permissions are exclusive to theatre, it may give the audience a stronger sense of unity. These special permissions are often simply reactions to certain events in a the performance. If a "baby" were to die in a play, some may laugh, and that is perfectly acceptable. This security lets those in the audience have their experience with the company of
Throughout the piece, we see the use of audience as active participants to amplify the didactic message of the play. In the literature we see many instances where the author uses this cognitive distancing as a way to disrupt the stage illusion and make the audience active members of the play. Forcing the audience into an analytical standpoint as opposed to passively accepting whats happening in their conscious minds. This occurs time and time again in the fourth act of the play. The characters repeatedly break down the fourth wall and engage the audience with open participation. We see this in the quotation from the end of the fourth Act of the play:
The theatre can hold up to 1500 and more people, so each performance is in front of a huge audience. Many members of the audience can watch from the grounds directly in front of the stage. Up to 3000 people can stand there to be exact.
Over the course of his career, Brecht developed the criteria for and conditions needed to create Epic Theatre. The role of the audience can be likened to that of a group of college aged students or intellectuals. Brecht believed in the intelligence of his audience, and their capacity for critical analysis. He detested the trance-like state that an Aristotelian performance can lure the audience into. Plays that idealize life and humanity are appealing to an audience, and this makes it easy for them to identify with the hero, they reach a state of self oblivion. The spectator becomes one with the actor, and experiences the same fantastical climax that is unattainable in real life.
Prior to the beginning of the performance, the audience was reminded to turn off their cell phones. The audience was also expected to remain quiet and seated throughout the entirety of the play. During the performance, although the audience was never formally addressed, I felt as though I was a part of the drama that was unraveling. What I found interesting was that while watching Disgraced I had to constantly remind myself that it was a performance. That was not the case when I was watching Chicago. While viewing Chicago, I was in the comfort of my own home and was watching it on my laptop with the headphones plugged in. At no point during the film did I feel like the actors were addressing me, however the facial expressions of the screen actors were much more elaborate and vivid. Although there were differences between the stage and screen productions, Director Anderson was able to slightly blur the boundary between stage and screen. The use of longer takes that followed the movements of his actors allows for a stage presence in the
Looking at the first question, a viewer might suggest that the performance was easier to watch than reading the text was, because the in a performance a viewer could see what was happening than just trying to imagine what was happening as they read the text. For example, at the beginning of the text the “I wish” scene for a reader it might have been easier to watch that seen play out in front of them than to just read it as the text keeps jumping from one character to the next. Looking at the next question of whether the characters are aware of the audience or not, the view would have to look closely at the play itself. They would have to decide the actions of the characters shows that they know they are being
A Shakespeare play is stereotypical thing to view at a theatre. This may put average working people off, as it is known as a teaching text; and hence for a more intellectual audience. Theatre's are also very different from those in Shakespearean England, they are no longer noisy, smelly and hectic places, but peaceful, furbished, with a relaxed atmosphere. Today's theatre audiences applaud the actors/esses and remain silent through the production.
The audience sat on a rising circle from the orchestra. The theatres were built on a very large gauge to lodge the large number of people in the audience and could be up to fourteen thousand people attending.
There is some clashes whether attending a live performance or watching the same event on television is more enjoyable. This is a difficult issue and my opinion is to support both them. In this paragraph I will outline some arguments to clarify my point of view. I think that most people like to
Plays are a unique form of entertainment and literature, for they typically include scenes in which characters acknowledge and address the audience directly through various monologues and soliloquies. This adds an extra interactive layer of involvement where the audience can influence a character’s decisions. For instance, in Shakespeare’s Othello, the main character, a wily young man ironically dubbed “honest” Iago stops to tell the audience about his true intentions just as often as he tries to undermine other characters. Naturally, Iago would need some release from his deceitful planning. Therefore, the audience, by silently abiding through Iago’s speeches, must be his sidekicks – albeit unwillingly – the only people Iago trusts and feels
No matter where you are seated in a theatre, the audience will still be connected and feel a part of the show. This is why Theater in the Round was an innovative change. Before Shakespeare, theater had themes based on morality and religion. The audiences purpose was to learn something. “It has been theorized that the informality thus established leads to increased rapport between the audience and the actors” (Theatre-in-the-round)”.
DIY: CHAOS Chaos was a brand new experience for me. I have never done anything like it voluntarily. The last time I performed on stage in front of an audience was back in elementary school when they made everyone participate in the play. I always struggle to get out of my comfort which caused me to never tryout for a play or participate in anything theater related. Chaos was my last chance to do what I have always wanted to do and I am so glad I went threw with it.
Applied Theatre work includes Theatre-in-Education, Community and Team-building, Conflict Resolution, and Political theatre, to name just a few of its uses. However, Christopher Balme states that “Grotowski define acting as a communicative process with spectators and not just as a production problem of the actor” (Balme, 2008: 25). Applied Theatre practices may adopt the following “theatrical transactions that involve participants in different participative relationships” such as Theatre for a community, Theatre with a community and Theatre by a community Prentki & Preston (2009: 10). Whereas, applied theatre one of its most major powers is that it gives voice to the voiceless and it is a theatre for, by, and with the people. However, Applied Theatre practitioners are devising educational and entertaining performances bringing personal stories to life and build
Before I started Introduction to Theatre class, I had been only to a couple of plays in my life. Just in this semester I’ve been to about ten plays and have learned so much about the art of theatre. The information I retained from class will help out a lot in the future, but the most important part of this class was the shadowing experience of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. With being able to get an inside look at this play during rehearsal and then going to see the performance was an incredible experience. By going to the rehearsal and then seeing the show, I was able to learn and understand more on how the theatre works. From there, I could understand the long process the actors and directors have to go through before the opening show happens.
Theatre-In-Education The theatre education industry/movement has seen some rapid changes since its initial developments and establishment in the 1960’s. However its origins mainly lie in the early years of the last century. It was the initial establishment of companies such as Bertha Waddell’s in Scotland and Esme Church’s in the north of England that thoroughly established the main roots of TIE.
My experience watching a live theatre performance on stage was a fascinating one, most especially since it was my first time. I attended a staged performance of “The History Boys” in a small theatre called “The Little Theatre of Alexandria” at 8:00 pm on Wednesday June 8, 2016 in Alexandria, Virginia. The overall production of the play was a resounding experience for me particularly the performance of the actors and the design of the scene made the play seem real.