Brecht vs Absurdism (1 Viewer)

[glycerine]

Which one are you doing?

(I realise there are other options, but those are the two I'm interested in)

 

[grk_styl]

I'm doing Absurdism. I hated Dumb Waiter and W4G, but really took a liking to Zoo Story. Don't ask me why...I'm weird!

 

[glycerine]

did you see dumb waiter at the belvoir last year? was pretty good

 

[grk_styl]

Yes I did. To tell you the truth, I didn't like it. I didn't understand it for one (but that's just my non-existent brain). But I hadn't read up on Existentialism and Absurd drama before I had seen it, so I'm assuming that was the main reason why I didn't get it. Not a fan of the violent, so I was a bit taken back by it all. The Downstairs theatre of Belvoir was not the best place for dumb waiter IMO.

But the performers were fantastic, and they really played true to their characters.

 

[Trigger189]

Absurdism all the waaayyy!! I'm lovin it!

 

[glycerine]

Originally posted by grk_styl
The Downstairs theatre of Belvoir was not the best place for dumb waiter IMO.

but isn't the whole feel of the play a confined feel? I don't understand why you think that, I thought it was a much better setting than upstairs et al, really added to the claustrophobic feel of it

 

[grk_styl]

I've had this debate before with Will, and I bet if i put the three of us in a room I'd be shot down in 5 secs flat. I understand that it sets the mood and all that jazz, BUT for someone who gets claustrophobic easily, the downstairs theatre is not good for me. lol I absolutetly hate being that close to people, whilst sitting down in a confined space. The amount of germs in that room makes me wanna vomit.

I'm a bit of a psycho when it comes to these things.

But if I wasn't such a freak, the downstairs theatre would be fantastic!

 

[TheBirdMustFly]

Doin absurbism, I luv it especially waiting for Godot

 

[kalinda]

i think meyerhold is pretty good with only one problem
the bastard didnt write anything so u cant get direct quotes

 

[green_appletini]

I did absurdism in yr11 so i hafta do Brecht now, who is absolutely fantastic as well! But my hsc performance this yr is sort of influenced by Absurdism as well, i think "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead" is a fantastic absurdist play~

I haven't been to the Downstairs Theatre in Belvoir, is it the same as the normal Belvoir or what?

 

[MissMacbeth]

Ahhh...the memories of when our teacher got us to read aloud in a circle, "waiting for godot' and the pattern of evil hatred and "why did you waste our time?" looks on everyone's faces when we finished the play......lol.....I remember our teacher fast track explaining why we read it before anyone got a chance to scream at him (our year had a really short attention span and always expected exciting stuff so you can only imagine us when we were given Godot to read...without knowing about Absurdism prior or that it was in the syllabus!)

 

[_muse_]

ive done both............briefly.....

 

[Will_Sparky]

Meyerhold.

 

[aLeeOh!]

Meyerhold.

... is a bastard

 

[Will_Sparky]

... is a bastard

I think you mean prick! Stanislavski is a bastard!

 

[green_appletini]

What's meyerhold like by the way? (ignorant me, i know nothing about him)

And stanislavski's not tooo bad...i spose we sort of take him for granted now and find his crap boring, but heaps of us would have used his methods subconsciously for acting anyway. It's not like heaps of us will use the Brechtian method and distance ourselves from our character for the IP (unless it was Brechtian style or something else). But yeh i agree that stanislavski's boring...

-marilia- xoxo

 

[welshi]

i would much rather be doing absurdism. beckett is a legend.

brecht is a slut.

 

[withoutaface]

I voted neither

 

[grk_styl]

your school is near me withoutaface...well kinda lol...castle hill is close to hunters hill. I know people who go to ur school! 3 actually!

you guys have talented folks! are u doing drama?

 

[withoutaface]

I'm not, but I know plenty of people who are. We're doing Meyerhold or something.