The "Black Box" theatre stage was very conductive to a personal, intimate feeling given from the players to the audience and even vice-versa. It was a modified thrust stage, only seated about fifty people, and was very, very dark in comparison to a large theatre setting. ... For instance, the designer might want the stage at the front and the audience to be looking through a "4th" wall. ... A thrust stage has an equal amount of audience on the left, right and center of the stage, letting more people be closer to the stage. A multifocus stage has different areas for the actors to perform. ...

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As the play was a hybrid between Brechtian and naturalistic, the play world is symbolised and reminded by the actors that the play world was just a stage. ... " As early as scene 1, the atmosphere and tone of the play has already been casted as from the moment Spokes comes on stage in 'One Man, Two Guvnors', and, attempting to throw a peanut into his mouth, collides with a comfy chair, executing a perfect 180-degree fall, it's clear that you can call him the show's star clown without fear of contradiction. ... This not only added versatility to the actors but also re...

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While "Dream" (my adaptation of "A Midsummer Night's Dream") was poorly staged, shabbily designed, and narratively messy, the production achieved something I have yet to achieve again. ... The Limelight is essentially a gutted out Gothic style church, and we used its architecture to our advantage, allowing the action to spill off the multi-leveled stage on which bands and DJ's normally performed, into, around, and above the enormous dance-floor upon which the audience was seated. ... The net result was that the sexual aspect of the play's narrative was situated front and center,...

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