Friday 11th December 2015 pillowman

Due to the fact we had done read through in the previous lesson. We decided to focus o the opening scene. This scene is possibly one of the most important ones in the play, because it introduces where the characters are and the situation, we had the idea of having katurian in the middle with a white spotlight on him. With a bad over his head, the audience would be sat in the gallery theatre seats. (An isle of slowly sloping stairs runs through the middle of the audience. Separating them. We thought about having a very oxymoron effect in the first scene, it's supposed to look very dark and quite scary, but we had the idea of putting in quite an uptempo classical piece, we thought this would bring a cool sort of eerie effect on the audience watching, this would properly set the mood for the performance. Because it is quite disturbing. On the murder case are two police investigators. Two of extremely different personalities. (Not the best team). We had the idea of both policemen walking down through the audience, I was thinking it would be a good idea to put us in suits, so as we walk down, the audience can establish who we are and have a basic understanding of our job. 

For the stage plan. We are going to have a single table in the middle, katurian will sit behind this, facing the audience. And the two investigators will sit down next to each side of katurian, giving an intense feel, the rest of the stage is going to be quiet, and quite bland. To keep the attention focuses on the main characters and to show that katurian is unable to leave.