Nought And Crosses Flashcards
Original staging conditions
• first performed by Pilot Theatre in 2019 on an end-on stage
• play has an episodic and linear structure
• symbolic set - I would also use a symbolic set
Structure for lighting/set/staging question
• state extract and staging, original staging conditions
• why that type of staging is useful
• quotes and what can be used to go with it
• audience position
• structure of the play and how it affects the staging
Character question
• three paragraphs
• motivation, quote voice x2 and movement x 2 for these
• information about what is happening in the scene
• IF I CAN PICK (Callum p10 - 15)
Ideas for staging
• a door should be wheeled on - symbolic of the opportunities presented to Callum, however actively moved by Crosses across the stage, showing Callum doesn’t truly control it
• end on - feels close to audience, interactive, allows them to feel the same dissatisfaction Callum does that the opportunity is so near yet unreachable
• door begins in the corner, moved DS centre by the crowds - glass to show the fragility of the opportunity presented, how Callum believe it reflects him self.
• on, ‘No no no’ the door is moved around, we see Callum and Sephy becoming separated through the glass, it ends up in middle of them to form a mirror - reflections of each other.
• ‘blanker’ there is a gobo used to create a grid shape, we see that everyone is now involved in the game of Noughts and Crosses
• panels in the background like the original conditions - had been TV screens, now replaced with a Cross to show a win and a loss for Callum, glowing red as a representation of the danger.
• the props should be manually wheeled off
• bright spotlights should flash on the crosses - makes Callum’s lighting appear more dim and gives the appearance of a criminal
Rehearsal techniques
Hot seating - to explore subtext which give the characters more depth and complexity so the audience fully understand their motives
Question advice
• explain what’s happening in the scenes
How I would stage Noughts and Crosses - introduction
aired by Pilot Theatre company in 2019 on an end-on stage
symbolic
non-naturalistic set
to convey dystopian genre
also use an end-on stage like in original production
audience are closer to actors - makes conflict more visceral
How I would stage N and C - main body of staging
no panels like in og production
two oversized mirrors parallel to each other stage left and stage right , large perspex screen lowered upstage to cover two staircases which meet in the middle to create a platform
Shadow of Kamal can be seen leaving down the staircase through translucent screen- replaced by a TV broadcast of the protest
can escape conflict when needed - propaganda, imbalance of power
mirror stage left = has LEDS which signpost what scene/setting
brings mirror on a truck downstage centre - showing the way to equality
both run to mirror, turned round and they only see a reflection of themselves, no door
put hands on either side
S about to break the glass, but she is caught and dragged away
