Julius Caesar ⚠️ Play contains shooting scene flashing lights, with promenade stage⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Br/dge Theatre is a new theatre just opened last year, and I’m very happy I manage to visit for a good show.
The production features with a promenade stage that would change scale and height throughout the play. (And thank goodness for that, short people and standing ticket….don't' go well together) You can also choose traditional seating ticket but hey where's the fun.
A Shakespeare's story of the Roman state echoing to the modern society we are living and experiencing right now; the overpowering dictator, civil war, assassination etc. A little nod to a modern version of the narcissistic leader of a certain country, *cough* Trump *cough* perhaps? And the promenade production is the perfect way to have the audience be part of the play, responding to the characters like the true Roman subjects.
The immersive experience with a promenade stage makes one fo the shooting scenes quite shocking and even discomfort I would say. Being in a crowd, the shouting from the act, the sound effect... fear and panic quickly filled the room. It felt real. I would imagine it might be what's like doing a mass shooting in real life; only those people would experience something 10 times worse. Maybe it‘s part of the plan, to make you experience the craziness we see on news. Yet a lot of time we act like it's not our problem because they happen so far away.
(I got my £15 ticket from @todaytix app; good luck and set alarm if you were trying your luck for remaining shows.)
📅 Until 15 April 2018 📍 Br/dge Theatre | London SE1 2SG
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⚠️劇中包括槍擊和閃光場面
Br/dge Theatre是2017才開的新劇場；第一次來就看了個好劇。
舞台會跟據劇情移動改變大小或高度，配合漫步劇場，屬於體驗劇場。你也可以挑選傳統的座位，但感覺就不好玩了。
一個莎士比亞，關於羅馬帝國的故事呼應了現代社會和時下政治；獨裁者，內戰，刺殺等。或者有點小示意某國那位極為自戀的領導人？而沉浸式劇場的設計讓觀眾成為舞台劇的一部分，觀眾對角色的反應如故事中的羅馬人民。
其中一幕槍擊的劇情因為沉浸式劇場而非常逼真，人群的移動，大叫，聲效讓恐慌的氣氛迅速的籠罩劇場。情況感覺異常真實而我真的有一刻感到震驚，我相信那些真的親身經歷過如此事件的人一定承受著十倍多的驚慌。也許這也是企劃的一部分，讓人們能夠體會在新聞上看到的瘋狂事件，有時間因為他們發生在世界另一端，大家一種事不關己的態度。
15英鎊的票是在TodayTix的程式上搶到的，有興趣的人士剩下的場次要把握機會。
📅 至2018年4月15日 📍 Br/dge Theatre | London SE1 2SG