PUNCHDRUNK OVERALL AIMS Flashcards
What kind of experience for the audience?
Immersive theatre experience for the audience
What kind of production values?
Multi-sensory production values
Visual / aura / spartial elements
Which dominate audiences experience
What’s used instead of language?
Nonverbal language, gesture, movement motif / physical theatre used
Audience can be
Invited into a scene to experience a ‘real moment’
What kind of movement underpins there productions?
Physical movement
Props and costumes?
Highly detailed and realistic
What are the audience encouraged to do?
‘Handle’ the scenes
What’s central to the audience’s experience?
Mood and atmosphere
Where are productions normally set?
Large, unusual and unconventional spaces.
For instance: warehouses, post-offices, gardens, hotels, tunnels etc
Audience are free to wander…
Through a theatrical ‘maze’
What are productions often based upon/inspired by?
Classical texts.
E.g. sleep no more - Macbeth
The drowned man - Woyzeck
Why do punchdrunk theatrically ‘vandalise’ texts?
To create an original audience experience
What do audience members wear?
Masks
