Noel Coward's Brief Encounter Live on Stage

Just thought i would write an entry for this as it's not really realated to interactive design but i loved the way it was made. Just before the production began with a cinema screen and a live band, i noticed the two actors sit on the front row of the cinema. In the first scene, the actors got up from their seats and performed in the isles of the cinema. The first scene of the film was also playing at the same time on the cinema screen (which was just slanted blinds. One of the actors then climbed through the cinema screen which was made to look like she had just climbed into the screen.

I havn't seen a style like this before and it just amazed me the different approach they took on the scene. From this point on, most of it was a theatre production following a young couple who met accidently at the station cafe every thursday due to a similar routine. They ended up falling in love eventhough they were both married, and the play follows their troubles and trauma of their fleeting romance.

In the interval the actors who worked in the cafe servinf tea and bath buns on stage in the production, came round to the audience serving cakes and cucumber sandwiches. This approach made the audience feel much more involved with the actors and therefore more involved with the narrative.



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