English Renaissance theatre

Staging a play: The Glass Menagerie is Matija Ferlin’s abstract dance theatre performance based on Tennessee Williams’ brilliant play The Glass Menagerie. It was first staged late last year and has since received many positive reviews. Englist’s team was very fortunate to be able to attend the show for a very affordable price and even arrange a small discussion after the play with Matija Ferlin, the director, main choreographer, and dancer, Maja Delak, a dancer, and Luka Prinčič, the coordinator…

One of the highlights of this year’s drama festival is Cosi. Cosi is set in Melbourne, 1971, being first performed at the Belvoir St Theatre in Sydney, 1992. It features numerous characters, all having unique personalities, which Lewis quickly discovers. Henry, Cherry, Julie, Doug, Zac and Ruth are all from the Psych wards and are involved in creating a so called opera. Working with these people allows Lewis to value love and become emotionally involved, discovering a new side of himself. Lewis…

one festival to be run by the lower clergy, the Festival of Fools, that reveled in opposition to authority. In 16th century Italy, comedy became improvised and included certain parameters, but thrived with its pioneering performances. This type of theatre known as Commedia dell'Arte, traveled to France, Germany, Spain, England, leaving behind a lasting impression…

Have you ever wondered how Shakespeare’s plays turn out to be so successful? Everyone knows the play Romeo and Juliet as the story of two star-crossed who ended up sacrificing their lives for each other. Is it the characters, the plot, the setting, what is it that makes it so good. It turned out to be so successful that a lot of people have heard of this famous tragedy. The play itself has a unique story that it is a love story that ends in tragedy. Romeo and Juliet is a good play because of its…

I have viewed the play titled Someone’s Knocking by playwright Rich Orloff, which is an odd comedy about a married women who is afraid of “out there”. Furthermore, this performance was seen on October second at the Howard Studio Theatre in Building eleven, Room one hundred and sixty-three. The curtain time was at eight o’clock in the evening and lasted until nine-thirty with one twelve minute intermission. In addition, due to the fact that I am a Florida student, the tickets cost ten dollars…

In my sophomore year of high school, I was in a play called Greek Mythology Olympiaganza. I made new friends because of this event that I feel I will have for the rest of my life. During this event I learned how to control my actions and feelings while performing. I have wanted to major in acting and to perform in more plays since this moment happened. This event in my life is crucial to me because, it made me realize that I can and want to make people laugh. In my sophomore year of high…

has capture audience till the end; yes there were some parts that can be overlooked such as perfect accent that was spoken. Based on the story, the language or accent involvement on this play were Dutch, France, Spanish, Pirate Accent and British English. The play was lacking on the accent but it can be overlooked since the acting was good. At last this play was more appropriate for all ages because it gives message to be stronger, fight for your rights and help persons who needs it. As a…

Brecht uses his own perspective of traditional methods of theatre, “[... contact between audience and stage is normally made on the basis of empathy. Conventional actors devote their efforts so exclusively to bringing about this psychological operation that they may be said to see it as the principal aim of their art.” In Brecht 's mind the actor while not the only tool of illusion is a defining factor in the emotional pull of conventional theatre and the power dynamic between actor and…

I like plays that make me think. Of One Chord presented me with a scenario where my best friend’s girlfriend had died and my girlfriend who I love is abusing me. I had to ask myself what I would do in the face of such inner torment. The senior theater project Of One Chord employs the elements inherit to drama—performance, lines, set, and props—to communicate that suicide is not the answer to pain. Katie accurately embodied the character Michelle’s hurt and hate. Her body language suggested…

On October 24, 2015 I went to see the musical comedy, The Boy Friend which was directed by Susan Cato-Chapman. It was produced by the Fairmont State University Department of Theatre and Communication and Town and Gown Theatre. The musical comedy starts at Madame Dubonnet’s School for Young Ladies where the four main young girls and Polly are discussing Polly’s made-up boyfriend. The girls are excited for the upcoming Carnival Ball for which all of the girls, aside from Polly, have dates.…