tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7200658218238769688.post6609383487044975606..comments2024-01-20T16:46:43.636+11:00Comments on Kevin Jackson's Theatre Diary: Anatomy Titus Fall Of RomeGeorge Khuthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10220918958933755405noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7200658218238769688.post-2606515205538286242008-11-12T10:59:00.000+11:002008-11-12T10:59:00.000+11:00Kevin,I feel peculiarly ambivilant a bout this sho...Kevin,<BR/><BR/>I feel peculiarly ambivilant a bout this show.<BR/><BR/>It was the most engaged I've seen John Bell be in quite some time. His body seemed present in the work in a way that I don't recall ever seeing from him.<BR/><BR/>The conceit of the blood and it's application was interesting and many of the devices used had a great deal of potential but it was as if these devises and the performances had been minimised by the director so that their portential wasn't realised. <BR/><BR/>If the play was an investigation into the horrors of violence why were we really only presented with a campified/catoon realisation of violence. The only two occassions where the violence seemed to have any real consequences for the victims was when Titus permitted his hand to be removed and when the emperor's messenger had his hand taken from him by Titus....otherwise who gave a shit about the violence it was all just gags and no one seemed to care what was happening to them.<BR/><BR/>Does 'Brechtian' mean pretend you don't really care? By about 20 minutes I had to force myself to listen and by the second hour to continue doing so was a real battle. I like to 'work' in the audience but I like the actors to work too. I just couldn't give a damn by the end.<BR/><BR/>Stephen Rooke seemed to be somewhat of an exception to this. His work often caught my eye for its energy. It seemed like he was alive to the moment - 'distanced' but alive.<BR/><BR/>TWAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com