Olivia HL Theater Blog

The first devising company I researched was Reckless Sleepers. They decided to do this performance where about 15 women sawed wooden chairs that they were sitting on. The video I watched of this was about 10 minutes long and showed them doing this performance in various locations. For some reason, even though the idea was explained in words seems so simple, this performance was undeniably intriguing. The women kept a center of gravity revolving around the chair even though they were falling all over the place. There was some type of emotional outburst from the women even though their faces showed no emotion. I think they were alienated from the audience, but still managed to send a strong and bold message. I find this very impressive.  http://www.reckless-sleepers.eu/a-string-section-images?fbclid=IwAR0U_iHHqdYeDyFiNDiMNs_GAJ5qJ3Rwbv9wt29O89RE1Y61Q7VsWbNa9to&lightbox=image_1prv Another devising company I researched was Potato Room Productions. This company revolves arou...

Love Is Complicated Ideas based on stimulus The inspiration for our devising group project titled, Love is Complicated is derived from the stimulus, the painting the hole on the wall. We gathered our information and ideas about the theme of the play by recalling what we see and what we think of the art work. The very first thing that we realized/noticed about the painting is the distinctive red balloon. Obviously the balloon used to belong to the human figure on the left side and now the balloon is gone, we can tell this by looking at how the hand of the “human” is trying to reach for the balloon. Also the balloon has a shape of a heart, which is possibly referring to love. Combining love and the sense of distance/abandon, we’ve decided our topic to be about the sad facts of love. This piece has allowed the members of our group to explores themes of the following: The longing for love Heartbreak Unfaithfulness Betrayal Love is complicated Devotion Etc...