The premise was simple, the misadventures of a captain and her "crew", however "Las tremendas aventuras de la capitana Gazpacho" contains two other sub-plots which develop throughout the play. These two sub-plots eventually connect together and the author makes each o the three stories be related to the other. For instance the captain Gazpacho was looking for a woman to love, who she called Dulcinea, and a woman from one of the other plots somehow became part of the captain´s world and the captain became in love with her.
Even though interesting ideas were presented, these are poorly executed. The acting was poor, some performances were simply hideous and scenes in which there were choreographies, there was no coordination in them.
Another big issue in the play was the lack ofa concept in it, even thoguh the scenery was small there were only a few props and honestly no concept was visible.
"Las Tremendas Aventuras de la capitana Gazpacho" is a clear example of how much we have learnt in this past years. Previously we wouldn´t notice all these errors and we would even enjoy this play, however because we have acquired all the knowledge about theatre we are able to see the errors.
lunes, 19 de abril de 2010
domingo, 11 de abril de 2010
"Cocina y Zona de Servicio" is a play originally written by Agnes Jaoui and Jean Pierre Bacri in 1992. The script has won numerous awards and has been adapted into a movie winning several awards. This year, the play is being presented as the opening of the season in the theatre "La Plaza Isil" directed by Marisol Palacios. The play is about a group of riends who meet after 10 years of splitting, up however the reunion doesnt go as planned and multiple truths are revealed.
I was looking forward to watching this play however it didn´t live up to the expectations i had. The acting was too disjointed and unbalanced, it went from realistic depictions to exaggerated drama and comedy. There seemed to be no research behind the presentation of the play. The setting was flat, it was simply a nice-looking kitchen and even though the characters interacted in an interested way and responded according to the situation, it went form comical to dramatic.
Mnay tiems there were transitions between scenes where music was played, the bad thing is the music did not fit the previous scene and many times the end of a scene was dramatic and the music distracted the audience.
In many occassions the acting was convencing the audience the play was oriented to be a drama or a comedy but someting occurred, for instance the meal burnt in the oven while the characters argued, they left the discussion aside and never came back to it, focusing instead on the meal.
The play´s strong point is the empathy we can all feel while we watch it, we´ve all been in a reunion were secrets are revealed and everything seems to fall apart and we can´t help but empathize while we watch these characters interact.
I was looking forward to watching this play however it didn´t live up to the expectations i had. The acting was too disjointed and unbalanced, it went from realistic depictions to exaggerated drama and comedy. There seemed to be no research behind the presentation of the play. The setting was flat, it was simply a nice-looking kitchen and even though the characters interacted in an interested way and responded according to the situation, it went form comical to dramatic.
Mnay tiems there were transitions between scenes where music was played, the bad thing is the music did not fit the previous scene and many times the end of a scene was dramatic and the music distracted the audience.
In many occassions the acting was convencing the audience the play was oriented to be a drama or a comedy but someting occurred, for instance the meal burnt in the oven while the characters argued, they left the discussion aside and never came back to it, focusing instead on the meal.
The play´s strong point is the empathy we can all feel while we watch it, we´ve all been in a reunion were secrets are revealed and everything seems to fall apart and we can´t help but empathize while we watch these characters interact.
martes, 6 de abril de 2010
Play rehearsals
The "serious" rehersals are now starting, we are now going to start rehearsing the actual play. Because I´m part of the IB course i have to go to every rehearsal in case they need me and /or to organize different activities related to the play. First of all we need to work on our characters, voices and actions and then we´ll work on the production of the play, working on the scenery, costumes,lightnin, make-up and music so it fits the play.
Lord of the Flies
The Lord of the flies is one of the most recognized english novels from the 20th century. It is written by William Golding and explores the hostility and darkness in this world through the survivors of a plain crash, 10 year old kids , who try to survive in a desserted island and slowly become savages leaving civilization aside.
The novel has become a classic in modern literature and won a novel prize, it has been considered controversial beacuse of the environment and message it delivers to the readers, because of the characters, little kids, Golding implies evil corrupts children and there may be no honest and civilized people in the future.
There have been many atempts to adapt Golding´s succesful novel into different mediums however, non of the movies have reached the level of sophistication in The lord of the Flies, however there have been theatre plays which have done an excellent job portraying the novel on stage.
In this case The Lord of the Flies has been presented in the "Mario Vargas Llosa" theatre in Lima Peru directed by Paco Solis Fuster. Gladly it has been adaptated greatly retaining most of the aspects in the original novel doing some minor changes to the original source.
The presentation of the play was well done, using only a few props and with a simplistic but yet effective scenery. The lightning was used in order to show the feelings in each scene and the contrast between the start and end of the play. The lightning changed from white, used when the kids just arrived to the island, into a dark red, almost black, once most of the boys are savages and hunt pigs.
Because all the actors where young adults,portraying little kids was not an easy task, however they were able to act correctly, the entonation in the lines and the voices were precise and the characterization thorugh the actions was effective and the intentions were clear.
In conlcusion The lord of the flies, was well adapted into an amazing play conserving teh original plot while adding several scenes which only worked in a theatre play such as the introductory monologue of the pilot before dying. The play has been well received and it will apparently start again next season so more people will discover the amazing novel by Willaim Golding , and those who laready know it, will now experience a magnificient adaptation done by a talented group of artists.
The novel has become a classic in modern literature and won a novel prize, it has been considered controversial beacuse of the environment and message it delivers to the readers, because of the characters, little kids, Golding implies evil corrupts children and there may be no honest and civilized people in the future.
There have been many atempts to adapt Golding´s succesful novel into different mediums however, non of the movies have reached the level of sophistication in The lord of the Flies, however there have been theatre plays which have done an excellent job portraying the novel on stage.
In this case The Lord of the Flies has been presented in the "Mario Vargas Llosa" theatre in Lima Peru directed by Paco Solis Fuster. Gladly it has been adaptated greatly retaining most of the aspects in the original novel doing some minor changes to the original source.
The presentation of the play was well done, using only a few props and with a simplistic but yet effective scenery. The lightning was used in order to show the feelings in each scene and the contrast between the start and end of the play. The lightning changed from white, used when the kids just arrived to the island, into a dark red, almost black, once most of the boys are savages and hunt pigs.
Because all the actors where young adults,portraying little kids was not an easy task, however they were able to act correctly, the entonation in the lines and the voices were precise and the characterization thorugh the actions was effective and the intentions were clear.
In conlcusion The lord of the flies, was well adapted into an amazing play conserving teh original plot while adding several scenes which only worked in a theatre play such as the introductory monologue of the pilot before dying. The play has been well received and it will apparently start again next season so more people will discover the amazing novel by Willaim Golding , and those who laready know it, will now experience a magnificient adaptation done by a talented group of artists.
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