I said that I would write about the live experience of seeing Phedre at the National Theatre in contrast to seeing it at the cinema. I did enjoy the cinema experience, but I enjoyed seeing the live production much more. I felt that it was much more physical live and the story was more powerful. I…
Read more Phedre (National Theatre, 1st August 2009)
Film and Theatre are very different, and this is why it felt so strange in a cinema watching actors with bold gestures projecting their voices so the back of the stalls can hear them. The experiment, I think was a success, but only because I was always mindful that this was a live stream from…
Read more Phedre (City Screen/National Theatre, 25th June 2009)