Over the course of the past two months I have seen two productions. Both of them have been significantly different from each other. The first production I saw was a devised movement piece called “Seven Hungers” created by a theatre company named “Company of Wolves” directed by Ewan Dowie. This piece was devised, using only five performers, around the idea that there are more needs that we desire and hunger for than the basic necessity of food. The design team is made up of Annie Hiner, designer, Alberto Santos-Bellido, lighting designer, and Anna Porubcansky who as well as being one of the performers of the piece was also the musical director. In contrast to this I also went to see a play at the Lyceum called “Bondagers” which followed the …show more content…
This is mainly due to the difference in the type of piece. Where “Seven Hungers” is a devised piece with no storyline, “Bondagers” has a storyline and a period setting which is created through it’s …show more content…
This had an intense effect as it was reflected by the smoke created in the middle of the set. An orange spotlight was used to indicate the area of the stage that was used as Maggie’s house. When Tottie tells the baby ghost stories a blue light is used to represent the moors where Tottie claims she saw the ghost. Gas lamps are brought on stage to represent the night. Sound effects were used throughout “Seven Hungers”. The effects were created by the Initially nature sounds were widely used but then the performers whispering, moaning and talking into the microphone and playing it back on a loop. The effects were contrasted with periods of silence. As the piece became more animalistic and primal the sound effects increased and the more sedate parts of the piece were in silence. This meant that the effects increased the intensity of feelings that the performers were invoking in their performance. Sound effects were sparsely used in “Bondagers”. Naturalistic sounds were used to draw a picture of the surroundings. Bird’s song and wind sounds were the majority of the sound effects used. A baby’s cry was also used often as there wasn’t a real baby in the performance. This echos with the beginning of “Seven Hungers”. This intensified the idea of being outdoors on a