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Summary Of The Blind Giant Is Dancing

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Stephen Sewell envisioned the political and passion in reflecting the Australian society in the early eighties in his play The Blind Giant is Dancing. Basing its narrative on the economic cries of post-World War II, the beginning of what Sewell and director, Eamon Flack, believed had created the destruction of the working class, it is that the development of socialism itself had its own devastating results. With the characters of the play fighting for their own ideology, both Sewell and Flack intends to capture the audience’s attention through a historic remembrance of how the Australian political society came to be, and how it is still relevant in today’s contemporary political discourse. As such, The Blind Giant is Dancing is a successful …show more content…

The set was a simple layout of a monitor screen placed as a centerpiece of the stage that functions both as lighting and a title billboard to identify the location. The stage revolves around one chair and a table that is used for various purposes in different time and setting. Accordingly, this is so that it reflects the tension in the political realm of the Australian society in the eighties, where power corrupts and the working class are undermined, focusing more on the dialogue of conflicting ideology rather than in the detail of the props. Additionally, an element of proxemics was also evident in the unique design of the stage in which it was set up as a thrust stage, with a three-sided playing arena, along with the exit wing being the down right center of the stage. The stage provided the actors to have several scenes that are mainly in the downstage, which increased proximity with the audience. Furthermore, the moody sound cues and the hard lighting of the background was a perfect combination to most of its electrifying scenes, such as the cross-examination scene of the main antagonist, in order to reflect a mostly conflict ridden and angry scenes. For me, this is because the entire play is staged as when it is written, where its historical significance is key to the plot. Thus, as a spectator, I was swayed by the timely vibe of Australia in the eighties, complemented by the timeworn

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