Context in Theatre
NOTES
ESQ
Original Production Q. Describe how
the set design can
The play was commissioned by the National
be used to show
Theatre Youth Connections Project to be
Broken Britain
performed in 2008 at the Cotteslow Theate
Minimalist non-naturalistic set was used due A.
to the production being in a triple-bill and to
allow actors to use a large are of the stage
space to use proxemics to show the ESQ
emotional distance between characters Q. Describe the
(directed by Paul Miller) costume design of
The floor was designed to have a tarmac- one character
effect, the set design was sparse with minimal referring to Council
scenery and stage furniture to create the Housed and Violent
sense of isolation ideas
Productions used back projections due to A.
end-on-stage configuration to project videos
of a street, a field and a wood recorded by
Simon Daw himself. It created the sense that ESQ
the characters were in a real place by not
Q. Evaluate
using static images
whether the use of
Transitions used strip lights downstage that technology would
were symbolised to show the passing of time be useful in this
by the light moving across production. Does it
Transitions used 2000s rave music to convey violate the
time-period playrights initial
ideas?
Context in Theatre 1
NOTES
ESQ
Original Production Q. Describe how
the set design can
The play was commissioned by the National
be used to show
Theatre Youth Connections Project to be
Broken Britain
performed in 2008 at the Cotteslow Theate
Minimalist non-naturalistic set was used due A.
to the production being in a triple-bill and to
allow actors to use a large are of the stage
space to use proxemics to show the ESQ
emotional distance between characters Q. Describe the
(directed by Paul Miller) costume design of
The floor was designed to have a tarmac- one character
effect, the set design was sparse with minimal referring to Council
scenery and stage furniture to create the Housed and Violent
sense of isolation ideas
Productions used back projections due to A.
end-on-stage configuration to project videos
of a street, a field and a wood recorded by
Simon Daw himself. It created the sense that ESQ
the characters were in a real place by not
Q. Evaluate
using static images
whether the use of
Transitions used strip lights downstage that technology would
were symbolised to show the passing of time be useful in this
by the light moving across production. Does it
Transitions used 2000s rave music to convey violate the
time-period playrights initial
ideas?
Context in Theatre 1
