Casa de Muñecas

What a curious play. Having read a brief summary of the play, I didn’t expect the style in which it was presented. Having seen only a few plays I still can say this was a quite a different one. I was impressed with a number of things the style, acting, make up, and even the theatre itself. I had never been to a theatre this beautiful in quite a long time. When the elevator doors opened it seamed as if we had somehow arrived in Europe to se the play. Beautiful architecture and a high tech theatre seamed impossible here. The show hadn’t even started and already were we extremely impressed.

The style of the play was the most notorious out of all aspect. Most performances use a series of spotlight to control the audience’s focus, this was much better. Using a projector they illuminated only a small rectangle on the stage. This would become the actual stage throughout the show. Whenever the actors would leave the spot light is almost as if they had left the stage. This light area meant actors were limited in space but characters seamed more in focus. The lack of an overwhelming spotlight meant actors had to steal the audience’s focus with their performance, which they did.

The actor’s performance was incredible. Characters were given a real touch that jut some performers are able to do. Without even knowing the language they were speaking in I could feel every little emotion in each character. Not really knowing the language really made me evaluate the performers body language and tone. When Nora, the main character was always all “lovey dovey” and I could see in the pose and in the tonality used what she was feeling. The other factor that impressed me was the chemistry in the ensemble. I seamed impressed when Nora and Christine, an old female friend, kissed. It was as if the play was happening with the real actors.

This production really impressed me and having performed little scenes of plays, I was able to appreciate all the hard work actors have. The crudity and the spotlight scenery are what make this a great performance.