LIVE THEATRE - Ocean At The End Of The Lane

Question 1

Ocean at the End of the Lane by…

Answer 1

Neil Gaiman, adapted by Joel Horwood

Question 2

Where did you watch Ocean at the End of the Lane?

Answer 2

At the New Victoria Theatre in Woking

Question 3

What is the theatre company who performed it?

Answer 3

The National Theatre Company

Question 4

Who is the sound designer?

Answer 4

Ian Dickinson

Question 5

Who is the set designer?

Answer 5

Fly Davis

Question 6

Who is the lighting designer?

Answer 6

Paule Constable

Question 7

Who’s is the costume and puppet designer?

Answer 7

Samuel Wyer

Question 8

Who is the movement director?

Answer 8

Steven Hoggett

Question 9

Who is the director?

Answer 9

Katy Rudd

Question 10

Style of the play

Answer 10

Minimalistic
Symbolic
However set and props also had elements of both naturalism and unnaturalism (realism and fantasy)

Question 11

When was this production set in?

Answer 11

1982

Question 12

What was the staging shape?

Answer 12

End on with raked seating

Question 13

Key scenes in the production

Answer 13

Bucket into ocean scene
Fairy ring scene
Door scene

Question 14

Things to mention about set and props (CCTTMS)

Answer 14

Condition
Colour
Texture
Time period
Material
Shape

Question 15

Movement points

Answer 15

• ensemble - transitions - into forest etc.
• puppet

Question 16

Sound/music

Answer 16

Used to create mood and atmosphere
Not a lot of music in the real world, then into world of imagination music serves more purpose
Voice for Skarthatch is prerecorded- voice is detached from the ‘being’ is effective - effects such as REVERB and DISTORTION used
Ian Dickinson uses sounds with connotations- e.g. funeral we hear rocks and ravens and boy stepping into bucket had a ‘plunging wash of splash’

Question 17

Puppetry and costume design