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Angelique (Themes (Existentialism and the meaning of life; which reality…
Angelique 
Lighting
The break of the bird's neck was accompanied with lighting changes to create shock and represent break from reality
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Warm, friendly, romantic light in the dress scene, created those emotions
The lighting was functional and often used purely for illumination, however would then change to demonstrate a break in reality / surreality
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Acting
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Heightened Realism - never tried to be super-realistic, only to generate a sense of a reality, or 'normal' family
All elements of the performance were constructs; Ushers, entrance to the performance
Why did female actors play male characters? Is this a distancing effect so the audience doesn't believe it to be TOO real?
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Costume
Costumes were uniform throughout, costume changes were designed to represent a shift or change in character
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Costume also represented a break from reality, e.g. the bright blue and spots of Birdie
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We saw actors preparing for their roles, changing costumes, putting on wigs to become other people - like we have to
Stage / Setting
The performance space was promenade theatre, where there is no defined performance space, or multiple spaces, or a moving audience space*
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The various configurations of audience achieve ddifferent feelings - being individualised, being pushed around, feeling angry, feeling oppositional, etc
Audience Involvement
Choose Your Own Adventure (?) But could we really choose our own adventure, or were we forced along a certain path by Ushers?
'Breaking the Fourth Wall' with ushers that are or are not actors, the guide us and are patronising; creating a sense of pressure and rush; they are the rule-makers and authority figures
Some parts of the audience didn't experience the whole show (subjective reality, postmodernism)
A postmodern method designed to shift meaning to the audience, e.g. when we are questioned about what careers we want, the lives we want to live
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GENRE: Postmodernism
There is no subjective reality - we all experience reality in our own unique ways. In theatre, this means the audience creates meaning, not the playwright
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In theatre, postmodern performance tend to involve: surreal actions; non-naturalistic use of lighting, costume and props; heightened or surreal acting styles; disjointed or non-linear narratives; overlapping or disjointed dialogue; characters that appear with seemingly no purpose
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