Sunday, November 02, 2008
When Direction Responds To Design | Problem Martin McDonagh's The Pillowman unfolds in an interrogation room... | Oct 2008
LiveDesign: "Martin McDonagh's The Pillowman unfolds in an interrogation room where a writer is investigated because the plots of his gruesome stories resemble recent crimes. Scenic designer Sara Ossana says the Kafka-esque play is often used in college design classes. “Professors assign it as a design problem dealing with the nature of the world of the imagination and where that world leads in real experiences…The play is about the value of the written word as art and the separation of the artist and the man.”"
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It is awesome to hear about different interpretations of a piece artistically. this re-affirms the magic of theatre, a piece can be done 100 times successfully if each group finds a new item, looks at the story for a different view, or places the characters in a different time. unlike a book, scripts have flexibility for artists to mold all that is important is that the artists stay true to the message of the piece. i love how this scenic designer heightened the blend between reality and fiction. bravo!
One thing I really enjoy about scene design is the variety of roles that the designer can play, s/he can have just as much weight in the production as the director in creating a story, or a show can be performed in a black box on acting cubes.
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