Thursday, November 26, 2020
A Big Small Story
The Theatre Times: Subdued browns, grays and black dominate the stage. The impression of a vast empty space is amplified by the clocks dotted around the stage. They stand on the floor, creep into the scenery and costumes, hang from the ceiling and from the dwarf tree redolent of Salvador Dali’s work. The two-level scenic space is pulled out from the darkness by masterfully controlled light.
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I loved the descriptive language used in the article to visualize and characterize the magnificent setting of this puppet play. As a Scenic Designer who appreciates the symbolism and thoughts behind certain choices for the elements that are present on stage. The play entitled Big Deal, which is a puppet play that deals with issues of time and lunar cycles, is able to utilize Scenic elements, such as a multitude of clocks, to express the idea of how time passes and can be interpreted. I really enjoyed reading about how this Polish playwright was able to synthesize human and puppet performance while creating a show that is able to appeal to both adults and children. I am very interested in designing for this particular medium because the world of a puppet often tends to be more cartoonish, while the environment of a human tends to be more realistic. I find it cool how the Scenic designer was able to create a world that was able to make the puppet and human performers seem synonymous.
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