Copenhagen
Fri, 23 Aug 2002, 04:52 pmNath8 posts in thread
Copenhagen
Fri, 23 Aug 2002, 04:52 pmSaw Copenhagen last night, at the Octagon Theatre at UWA.
What an excellent show!
Such a pleasure to be in the presence of actors who perform so 'easily'. The show is quite 'wordy' and there is a lot of talk of the physics of Bohr and Heisenberg, but even if you don't understand the physics the actors still get the message across. The play isn't about the physics anyway, more about ethics and what drives people, how people 'create' and why they 'create'. It was also an interesting investigation into the attitude of a German person during WWII. Little has been told (to me) of how the people of Germany felt about the war while it was on and it was interesting to hear dialogue between people during this time.
I can't recall the three actors names, is it Geoff Kelso? And two others, but they just had incredible grace and presence. Remarkable stuff.
Cheers
Nath
What an excellent show!
Such a pleasure to be in the presence of actors who perform so 'easily'. The show is quite 'wordy' and there is a lot of talk of the physics of Bohr and Heisenberg, but even if you don't understand the physics the actors still get the message across. The play isn't about the physics anyway, more about ethics and what drives people, how people 'create' and why they 'create'. It was also an interesting investigation into the attitude of a German person during WWII. Little has been told (to me) of how the people of Germany felt about the war while it was on and it was interesting to hear dialogue between people during this time.
I can't recall the three actors names, is it Geoff Kelso? And two others, but they just had incredible grace and presence. Remarkable stuff.
Cheers
Nath
Re: Copenhagen
Sun, 25 Aug 2002, 04:05 pmNope. Mr Kelso's aside to noisy audeince members was definately not in the script, I saw this really lovely show on a different night and the aside didn't happen. An intersting thought though, what to do about noisy audience members, I think I'll move it up to Greenroom Gossip for dicussion.
But as for Copenhagen, I really loved it. The mirror scrim in the frame, making the stage and the action look like a photograph of the past, was an amazing device, allowing the actors to play almost in traverse. I must admit though, on the night that I went, I though the actos lost a little focus towars the end. Because the play is so wordy, the actors really need to hold the audience the whole way through. And exhausting and daunting task, but one they pulled off beautifully right up until the very end. A pity.
And Mr Kelso's two monologues about seeing in country in ruins, first in the last days of WWI while he was a boy, and then at the end of WWII trying to get back to see his family, I found incredibly visual and very moving, and I suppose true of any citizen of a defreated beloved nation. Particularly poignant today post-Afganistan, mid -Middle East and pre-Iraq.
It ends very soon but get to see this show if you can.
But as for Copenhagen, I really loved it. The mirror scrim in the frame, making the stage and the action look like a photograph of the past, was an amazing device, allowing the actors to play almost in traverse. I must admit though, on the night that I went, I though the actos lost a little focus towars the end. Because the play is so wordy, the actors really need to hold the audience the whole way through. And exhausting and daunting task, but one they pulled off beautifully right up until the very end. A pity.
And Mr Kelso's two monologues about seeing in country in ruins, first in the last days of WWI while he was a boy, and then at the end of WWII trying to get back to see his family, I found incredibly visual and very moving, and I suppose true of any citizen of a defreated beloved nation. Particularly poignant today post-Afganistan, mid -Middle East and pre-Iraq.
It ends very soon but get to see this show if you can.