Noises Off: Funny or Flat
...lled us into there world. This was also because the play was so well written. The author kept the dialog simple and repetitive but it was the actions where he really shines. The complicated dance like movement in act 2 with the axe and bottle of whiskey was not only funny but amazing to watch. Overall, the play was believable and amazing to see. The set was also something to marvel at. It was gorgeous. Although it filled the whole stage it did not look like a cartoon. Some sets that fill the stage look larger than life, like a child’s play where everything is made from fantasy. It was perfectly proportioned and used the space well. The set was also a vital part of the plot. The script calls for a lot of doors to open or shut or even to malfunction. It was the doors that made the play. Without them the plot would have been lost. The set was very interesting to look at. There were so many doors and windows it made you wonder what was behind them. In the backstage scene there were tons of little nooks and holes to look through making you wonder, is someone back there. It was very fun. With all the doors and holes there was plenty of opportunities for some interesting blocking, and the director really took up the whole set. The actors were running up and down, in and out doors, back and forth through the backstage. It was a wonderful dance like thing to watch. The stage and set were wonderful, I loved it. The costumes did little to explain the characters because the clothes the actors wore were costumes for the play they were doing. The characters in the play were playing characters in another play. Although the costumes did help you distingue between the maid and the secretary, they were still playing parts. It was the acting that told you more about what the people were really like. If you focused on the costumes and how they linked people together it was all backwards. The costumes linked Brooke and Garry, also Belinda and Frederick. Really Brooke was with Lloyd, and Garry was with Dotty, while Belinda and Frederick were not romantically linked to anyone. There was not many lighting and special effects but what was there I liked. Act 1 took place on the front side of the set so it was well lit and bright. But the backstage was a little darker and every time one of the actors opened a door you could see the bright lights on the other side. The lighting really made you feel like you were backstage. I also noticed that at the end of every act the lights did a close up and there were always red. You could see the anger the actors were portraying at the end of every act. Oddly enough you could always see the actors face, even in the dim lighting of the backstage. That is a sign of creative lighting...