'Blood Brother' Live Theatre Evaluation
The Set & Scenery:
The play did not have much scenery. The terraced street scene was always at the sides, and was blacked out whenever it was not needed in a certain scene. Other scenes, for instance Mrs. Lyons first house the scenery consisted of a window and the wall around it as a flat, which was lowered from above whilst the blackout. The narrator helped it into position. For Mrs. Lyons second house the hedge and wall was wheeled in from the wings on trucks, often through the arches on the left. All the scene changes, except for one or two, happened with lights up and the narrator mostly would bring on the scenery. The set was kept minimal and I think that was good because it complicates things and makes acting difficult when you have too many props and scenery. The props used were almost items from everyday life, except for the guns. They were quite hard to see from where I was sitting or maybe it was because of the lighting but was probably toy guns or products for theatre use only.
The Set & Scenery:
The play did not have much scenery. The terraced street scene was always at the sides, and was blacked out whenever it was not needed in a certain scene. Other scenes, for instance Mrs. Lyons first house the scenery consisted of a window and the wall around it as a flat, which was lowered from above whilst the blackout. The narrator helped it into position. For Mrs. Lyons second house the hedge and wall was wheeled in from the wings on trucks, often through the arches on the left. All the scene changes, except for one or two, happened with lights up and the narrator mostly would bring on the scenery. The set was kept minimal and I think that was good because it complicates things and makes acting difficult when you have too many props and scenery. The props used were almost items from everyday life, except for the guns. They were quite hard to see from where I was sitting or maybe it was because of the lighting but was probably toy guns or products for theatre use only.
