Blackout Review

The BRIT schools interpretation of the play "blackout" was a cleverly directed intake. There were many different uses of theatrical techniques used which were all very effective. 
The physical theatre and ensemble element was very effective indeed. Everyone playing one character but ocationally breaking off in to other character really worked and how everyone was the narature telling the story though out of the play. i thought it brought the play to together for it built tension as well as a illustrating a fluctuation of deep emotion.

The play was performed in Trust, witch in opinion was a good choice for the physical theatre for it was delivered with clarity and sophistication. i can imagine that everywhere and any were you would have sat the performance would have still been delivered with the same amount of brilliance any were on the stage.

Though out the play Aristotle's three unities were broken. them being ...

1. The unity of time: the action in a play should take place over no more than 24 hours." 

The play was set in complete non chronological order and was at set over a long period if time. "James" (the main character cleverly played by hole of the thearter company) was trying to remember his past in order to recall how he had ended up in a jail cell this links to the next broken unities

2. "The unity of place: a play should cover a single physical space and should not attempt to compress geography, nor should the stage represent more than one place."

The play transitions form location to location to location. The setting is changing all the time, seamlessly i must say. One minute James is in a cell the next he's back at school. the constant flash backs he keeps on having take him to different back to times and places in his memory. 

3. "the unity of action: a play should have one main action that it follows, with no or few subplots." 

Because they group have decided to do the play using physical theater, you had to kind of read in-between the lines , and no take it theoretically, especially when we all played multiple charatures.

i think because there was no set nor was there any props it made the acting prominent. i think was really effective how there was no set because it meant that your imagination was left to devise it for you making. 

In my opinion i cant think of any criticism expect maybe being a making it tad bit longer, however i do think the length of the play was good because it crammed everything it making the audience were left wanting more , but also finishing the story at a nice rhetorical ending. it was also sharp and snappy and didn't lag on at all witch can happen although.

Source :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_unities