the performances I have seen before‚ maybe because I have never seen a college-performed show with all student actors‚ and also that this show was a new concept of Beowulf to be written. The name of the theatre it was shown in was Titmus Theatre at NC State University‚ which is an “end stage” theatre. It was directed by Kyle Dougan. Overall‚ I was pleased with how the whole show went‚ from lighting‚ to scenery‚ to costumes‚ and of course the acting. It was neat to help with the “load-in” of the show
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Live Theatre Evaluation: Blood Brothers I went to see the production ‘Blood Brothers’ at Wycombe Swan Theatre on the 24th April 2013. Blood Brothers is a musical about twin brothers Mickey (Sean Jones) and Edward (Mark Hutchinson) separated at birth who both find each other again and become blood brothers‚ but find out they’re brothers right before they die. Before I saw the play‚ my expectations were it was going to be boring and just plain acting‚ which I do not like. I was quite surprised
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Erving Goffman developed a metaphor of theater to explain the social interaction with different forms of behavior on front and back stages. Front stage is the area of social interaction visible to the audience‚ and back stage is the social interaction not visible to the audience. Front stage is a behavior that we do when other people are watching or are aware of us. Being in this front stage behavior‚ we focus on how others view us and what they expect from us‚ which can drive the behavior all together
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fourteen and a half feet wide. The wealthy could afford these fine seats while the lower class would sit in the middle of the theater‚ or the “pit‚” where the seats only cost a penny (Globe Theatre). “There were also a few areas reserved on the stage balcony for audience members of the nobility” (Globe Theatre). “The center of the theater was open to the sky. Because the theater had no interior lights‚ plays were performed in the afternoon to let in as much light as possible”(Ellis and Esler 60)
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Hallo‚ Hi everybody. I´d like to talk about the National Theatre and one very interesting play. First‚ few words about the Theatre. The National Theatre in Prague is known as the national monument of Czech history and art. It´s neo-Renaissance building dating from 1868-83. It is instantly recognizable from the river‚ its golden roof gleaming in the sunshine on fine weather days. For Czech people‚ the National Theatre is one of the most important cultural institutions in Prague - since
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Earlier this summer on the 14th of August at the Criterion Theatre in Oxford Circus‚ I went the evening performance of The 39 Steps. The 39 Steps was originally a book by John Buchan set before the First World War‚ the book was later adapted into a film directed by Alfred Hitchcock. It was a serious book and film following a bachelor called Richard Hannay who meets a mysterious German woman at a play‚ the women begs him to take her home with him and later reveals she is a spy trying to discover the
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case This case is given an overview from the history from Sheffield Theatres Trust. The case will explain what kind of strategies and resources the organisation have and through what kind of changes and development STT have been. The main idea of this case is to see how an organisation can develop and how they use their strategies and resources. 1.1 Summary of the Sheffield Theatres Trust Case There are two theatres in Sheffield (UK) called the Crucible and the Lyceum. The Crucible has been
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Ancient Greek Theatre The Greek theatre history begins with festivals which honor gods. An example of such a festival was ‘City Dionysia’ festival which honored god Dionysus. During this festival‚ which was taking place in Athens men perform songs to welcome god Dionysus. Plays were also presented. Athens was the main city where these festivals and theatrical traditions were presented. At ancient Greek Festivals‚ the actors‚ directors and dramatists were all the same person. Later only three
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Twentieth-century theatre describes a period of great change within the theatrical culture of the 20th century. There was a widespread challenge to long established rules surrounding theatrical representation; resulting in the development of many new forms of theatre‚ including modernism‚ Expressionism‚ political theatre and other forms of Experimental theatre‚ as well as the continuing development of already established theatrical forms like naturalism and realism. Throughout the century‚ the artistic
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Performing Arts Theatre in London Amphitheatre –Romans at Guildhall Liturgical dramas (from the service of worship). Took place in church during the Easter celebration. Sung and in Latin – vast cycles performed all over Europe in medieval times. Performed by Monks and nuns inside church. The spice seller was the first comic character as well as the first non-religious character. Liturgical dramas developed into Mystery/ Miracle plays and were performed outside. This is when we get
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