A number performance

On the 20th of February 2020 I went to see a production of Caryl Churchill’s A Number at The bridge Theatre. This was so that I could see a piece by Caryl Churchill be performed life, to give me a scenes of what this would look like and more specifically to get a sense of what the acting might be like in one of her plays. Although the play was quite clearly postmodernist this was more in the story and staging rather than being reflected in the acting. The play is a sci-fi about cloning which quite obviously makes for a non naturalistic plot. The scenes also are non-linear,  in naturalism the performance takes place in one place following a story which takes place within just a few hours. However, in A Number the story frequently jumps time and place. In this production they used what seemed to be a turntable to change the setting from scene to scene. This was interesting although again created a non naturalistic style. The two characters however conversed with each other quite naturalistically. Showing emotion and connection with each other, unlike what my research into postmodernist style acting was.

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