Romeo in the city

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                        Romeo In The City.

The set of ‘Romeo in the city’ seemed to be very simple it was a triangular shape. There was a box in the centre of the stage with a portrait of a small girl and a gun next to her. This in my opinion symbolises the innocence becoming anger in a man’s heart. There also were two more boxes in each corner of the stage. These were used by the actors to indicate the location, where they are meant to be.

This is a very simple drawing of the set. I think that the set was formed this way to make it easy for the actors to stay somewhere while it they were not meant to be in the scene.

The costumes used in this play were very interesting. It seemed to me that the director of this play wanted to make the audience realise what time and place the characters are. For example the ‘Chav’ costumes were really exaggerated. I also loved the way that when Omar and Kiran are meant to be in the rehearsals, to make the audience realise that, they both put on a simple shirt/ dress. This is a very good idea because it makes the audience realise that they are not being themselves. I also loved the point in the performance when everyone did the hip-hop dance. Three of them put on green jumpers and a white mask, the other two put on a blue jumper and a mask.  In society this shows that sometimes people are divided into groups and are treated in a certain way just because they belong to a particular race and colour. This also shows that sometimes people get judged because of the clothes they are wearing.

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The music in ‘Romeo in the city’ was used very wisely. Most of the time it was used in moments when there were no dialogs, when the actors were miming. They used a lovely soundtrack in moments when Omar was trying to become Kiran’s friend. When the suspense was involved they used a scarier soundtrack. Overall I think the music was used appropriately.

In the play there were 5 actors. But very interestingly there were 6 roles. One of the actors played 2 roles. I think that the director double cast him for two reasons; the one of his parts ...

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