a performance of the absurd! (1 Viewer)

[aLeeOh!]

hey everyone.. i know i should be been much much MUCH more further along in my ip... but well.. im posting this msg to ask for any suggestions...
you see, i keep circling.. and circling,,and.. i think you get the idea. i know im doing an absurdist style performance.. or at least inspiration from them... and what really got me interested was a play by david campton called "then.."... also. beckett's "waiting for godot" did it too...
would you happen to know any other good plays taht are similar?

 

[fringey]

Oh well stop talking about should have "started" and actually start and you will feel better.
ALL of BECKETT'S WORK is really good (sorry about caps) and absurd!! Why don't you try and rent some but im not actually sure if there are any on film. There was a series on sbs a year ago which was great it might be on vid now.

 

[grk_styl]

Look at the texts mentioned in the syllabus for the elective of Absurd Theatre.

Um...yes, Beckett's work is really good. Plus you have Pinter's Dumb Waiter, and Zoo Story (and other plays) by Albee I think.

 

[Will_Sparky]

I saw dumb waiter with a friend whos doing theatre criticism.

really cool play... although my understanding of absurdist drama is limited.

 

[aLeeOh!]

Originally posted by grk_styl
Look at the texts mentioned in the syllabus for the elective of Absurd Theatre.

Um...yes, Beckett's work is really good. Plus you have Pinter's Dumb Waiter, and Zoo Story (and other plays) by Albee I think.

........ hmm./ zoo story.. i think i remember reading that play... but i cant remember what it was about. and i was about to read the dumb waiter.... i heard from a friend taht it was quite.... err... well... not that good.she saw a performance of it.. but then again it could have just been the actual performance rather than the text itself...

 

[Will_Sparky]

aLeeOh, i think your friend who saw it, saw it with me! Didnt she like it? I liked it! i didnt get it till afterwards in the car on the ride home... but i thought it was good.

 

[grk_styl]

Originally posted by Will_Sparky
I saw dumb waiter with a friend whos doing theatre criticism.

really cool play... although my understanding of absurdist drama is limited.

Did you see it at Company B Belvior?? lol Coz I saw it there and hated it. The actors were good and all that, but I had no idea what was going on. I went with my mum, and she (who has no idea about drama) had to explain it to me.

Absurd theatre? Yes...quite absurd indeed. Quite idiotic as well.

 

[Will_Sparky]

Yeah the company B one, my friend called me up at the last minute and said she had an extra ticket, so i went with her, her mum and her grandma... lol... and what happend was THEY had to explain it to me during the car ride home... REALLY embarassing... but now, i like it that little bit better

 

[aLeeOh!]

lol..
sorri sparky... you did go didnt you! i thought u bailed out at the last mintue or something...
well. nah... from what i gathered i thought she did not really like the play AT AL. or maybe im just exaggerating

 

[grk_styl]

Ug. In my honest opinion, I did not understand Dumb Waiter and thought I just wasted a whole 55 minutes of my life. I'm devastated that I can't get those 55 minutes back, but I guess I'm going to know the story to it, before we do it in class. It's a bit of an advantage.

 

[Will_Sparky]

AleeOh i did go!!! I didnt go to complete works! I was called to go to dumb waiter at the last minute and i went! ask when we get back

 

[aLeeOh!]

okai okai okai!!!!!!!!!!
my bad.. oops.
hahhaa.....
hey.. are we going to do dumb waiter at skool too sparky?

 

[Will_Sparky]

Na... were doin meyerhold... not absurdist this term... which is unfortunate.