What would one expect from the story of a despondent, ill-fated soldier ridiculed by his Captain, derided by his doctor and cheated on by his wife? A familiar, conventional interplay of emotions, one would imagine…
And then, the characters appear, disappear, arrange and re-arrange themselves with menacing speed and swiftness. In their black clothing and painted faces, they split, cut, assemble and spin their only prop namely, chairs, into a myriad forms - the radium-laden chair is a jigsaw of deadly weapons, a well set cage, an operating table, a tower and a window that daunting faces look out of – leaving the audience awestruck, overwhelmed and in complete disbelief!
Sadari Movement Laboratory's Korean adaptation of the play, Woyseck, was menacingly magical, placidly perfect and by a long distance, beyond the ordinary! No dialogues needed, no voiceovers required…this is theatre that’s truly international! Bravo!
PS -
First time - publishing of any form of writing, mine...:)
http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/article3818504.ece
And then, the characters appear, disappear, arrange and re-arrange themselves with menacing speed and swiftness. In their black clothing and painted faces, they split, cut, assemble and spin their only prop namely, chairs, into a myriad forms - the radium-laden chair is a jigsaw of deadly weapons, a well set cage, an operating table, a tower and a window that daunting faces look out of – leaving the audience awestruck, overwhelmed and in complete disbelief!
Sadari Movement Laboratory's Korean adaptation of the play, Woyseck, was menacingly magical, placidly perfect and by a long distance, beyond the ordinary! No dialogues needed, no voiceovers required…this is theatre that’s truly international! Bravo!
PS -
First time - publishing of any form of writing, mine...:)
http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/article3818504.ece
Yey :D
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