George Penney on Nostr: (A Post in 3 Parts 1/3) Last night I watched a play where everything went ...
(A Post in 3 Parts 1/3)
Last night I watched a play where everything went unintentionally wrong.
It was perfection and possibly the best thing I've seen in years. It was one of those examples of why small town live theatre is amazing.
A small list of the elements that added to this masterpiece were:
1. The director, writer and principal actor was a man in his 60s with the confidence of a rampaging rhino. He started the play giving a short speech about why a lot of actresses turned down the 2nd role (It was a 2 person) because his song compositions were too complex. He was wearing a beret.
2.He then announced the start of the show after lowering his mic to just under his nose, so every one of his breaths and mouth noises, of which there were many were audible throughout the entire theatre. This was obviously unintentional
3. He then started a low level fight with the sound guy who was trying to adjust things to compensate for the in wash of sounds that made it seem like an amorous, heavy breathing bear was hiding somewhere in the auditorium.
4. The lead actress then came on stage and he told us not to notice that she was there while she hid under a sheet. She then revealed herself, stood up and proceeded to deliver her lines with her back to the stage. All sound overshadowed by heavy breathing
#theatre
(Continued in posts below)
Last night I watched a play where everything went unintentionally wrong.
It was perfection and possibly the best thing I've seen in years. It was one of those examples of why small town live theatre is amazing.
A small list of the elements that added to this masterpiece were:
1. The director, writer and principal actor was a man in his 60s with the confidence of a rampaging rhino. He started the play giving a short speech about why a lot of actresses turned down the 2nd role (It was a 2 person) because his song compositions were too complex. He was wearing a beret.
2.He then announced the start of the show after lowering his mic to just under his nose, so every one of his breaths and mouth noises, of which there were many were audible throughout the entire theatre. This was obviously unintentional
3. He then started a low level fight with the sound guy who was trying to adjust things to compensate for the in wash of sounds that made it seem like an amorous, heavy breathing bear was hiding somewhere in the auditorium.
4. The lead actress then came on stage and he told us not to notice that she was there while she hid under a sheet. She then revealed herself, stood up and proceeded to deliver her lines with her back to the stage. All sound overshadowed by heavy breathing
#theatre
(Continued in posts below)