Writer/Director: George Mann
Performers: Charlotte Dubery, Matthew Gurney, Robin Guiver, Deborah Pugh, Michael Sharman
Composer and Sound Designer: Chris Bartholomew
Light Consultant and Production Electrician: Matthew Leventhall
★★★★★
Light by Theatre Ad Infinitum is a part of London International Mime Festival 2015. It was the third time I had seen this company. Their shows are very different every time which always surprises me in a good way.
This time, it is Sci-Fi. The story is set in a dictatorship nation in the near future where the government manipulates people's thought. Alex is a son of the dictator and is ordered to capture a rebellious "terrorist"... The theatre was pitch-dark and scenes were created with mobile lighting such as torches. The lighting, music and performers' movements were choreographed in a very complicated and fast moving way, and everything was spot-on despite being in complete darkness! Yet they managed to deliver characters and emotions. At the post show Q&A, the writer/director George Mann said something like he focused on putting heart into the choreography rather than the choreography itself. He wrote this play inspired by Edward Snowden's revelation. It was a thrilling Sci-Fi fantasy based on the question of how much a nation can step into people's privacy to protect its security.
I'm already looking forward to their next production!
ロンドン国際マイム・フェスティバルの一環として上演された Theatre Ad Infinitum の『Light』を観に行ってきました。
This time, it is Sci-Fi. The story is set in a dictatorship nation in the near future where the government manipulates people's thought. Alex is a son of the dictator and is ordered to capture a rebellious "terrorist"... The theatre was pitch-dark and scenes were created with mobile lighting such as torches. The lighting, music and performers' movements were choreographed in a very complicated and fast moving way, and everything was spot-on despite being in complete darkness! Yet they managed to deliver characters and emotions. At the post show Q&A, the writer/director George Mann said something like he focused on putting heart into the choreography rather than the choreography itself. He wrote this play inspired by Edward Snowden's revelation. It was a thrilling Sci-Fi fantasy based on the question of how much a nation can step into people's privacy to protect its security.
I'm already looking forward to their next production!
ロンドン国際マイム・フェスティバルの一環として上演された Theatre Ad Infinitum の『Light』を観に行ってきました。
この劇団のお芝居を観るのは今回で3度目。毎回まったく違う趣向の作品で驚かせてくれます。
で、今回は SF。
思考をコントロールすることによって人々を支配する近未来の独裁国家が舞台。
その独裁者を父親に持つアレックスは、国家に反逆する "テロリスト" を捕まえるよう命じられて。。
真っ暗闇の中、手持ちの照明器具でシーンが作られていきます。
この照明と音楽と役者さんたちの動きが、すごくテンポが速いのに、一寸の狂いもなくピッタリ合ってるんですよ、暗闇の中で！
じゃあ無機質なお芝居なのかと言うと、そうじゃなくて、登場人物の内面がちゃんと伝わってくるんですねー。
終演後の Q&A で監督・脚本のジョージ・マン氏が
「振り付けそのものよりも、役者さんたちの動きの中にハートを込めることに意識を集中した」
というようなことを言っておられました。
エドワード・スノーデンの告発に刺激を受けて脚本を書いたそうなのですが、治安を守るために国家がどこまで個人のプライバシーに踏み込むのか。。という今まさに議論されているテーマが、スリリングな SF ファンタジーになっていて、文字どおり手に汗握る70分間でありました。
Theatre Ad Infinitum、次回作も楽しみだー！
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Theatre Ad Infinitum、次回作も楽しみだー！
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もう1つのブログ『英国的庭仕事雑記帳』、ぼちぼち更新しております。
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