Boy Girl Wall Play Analysis
Boy, Girl, Wall: rethink and imagine
The Escapists, in their interpretation of the play ‘Boy, Girl, Wall’ create dramatic meaning for the audience by making them rethink traditional theatre and use their imagination. Instead of being given the setting, the characters’ faces, and the atmosphere, this play is like a book, where one must imagine each scene in their head as it develops, aided by chalk drawings on the walls and the floor. The Escapists estranges this performance from traditional theatre, causing the audience to envision something different by inspiring them to view the story in their head for themselves. The Escapists capture this exquisitely through the elements they have chosen: the use of a one-person performance, the space and sound effects.
The use of one-person performance is a strange and unusual quality in a play. This quality can be considered to be particularly difficult to perform and to understand; not only for the actor, but also for the audience – they have to imagine one person as each individual character. Considering this, The Escapists performance was quite well done, with clear transitions between each different character, and a brief introduction as the actor switched …show more content…
Likewise, the sound effects used throughout Boy, Girl, Wall create atmosphere and assist the audience in escaping the real world. Creating this new and different atmosphere using chimes and alarms, The Escapists allow the audience to form clear pictures in their head. For example, the sound effects assist the audience in understanding a change of character with a single “ding” noise. This happens whenever the narrator becomes Thomas or Alethea, or one of the minor characters. As this becomes an element of the single-person performance, this sound effect in particular defies traditional theatre while also aiding the audience with the
The Escapists, in their interpretation of the play ‘Boy, Girl, Wall’ create dramatic meaning for the audience by making them rethink traditional theatre and use their imagination. Instead of being given the setting, the characters’ faces, and the atmosphere, this play is like a book, where one must imagine each scene in their head as it develops, aided by chalk drawings on the walls and the floor. The Escapists estranges this performance from traditional theatre, causing the audience to envision something different by inspiring them to view the story in their head for themselves. The Escapists capture this exquisitely through the elements they have chosen: the use of a one-person performance, the space and sound effects.
The use of one-person performance is a strange and unusual quality in a play. This quality can be considered to be particularly difficult to perform and to understand; not only for the actor, but also for the audience – they have to imagine one person as each individual character. Considering this, The Escapists performance was quite well done, with clear transitions between each different character, and a brief introduction as the actor switched …show more content…
Likewise, the sound effects used throughout Boy, Girl, Wall create atmosphere and assist the audience in escaping the real world. Creating this new and different atmosphere using chimes and alarms, The Escapists allow the audience to form clear pictures in their head. For example, the sound effects assist the audience in understanding a change of character with a single “ding” noise. This happens whenever the narrator becomes Thomas or Alethea, or one of the minor characters. As this becomes an element of the single-person performance, this sound effect in particular defies traditional theatre while also aiding the audience with the