Ghost River theater for its reference-
Linear game developed with U of C student.
Homework ghost river theater art director Eric Rose brought the basic concept of the window to a class of drama students at the University of Calgary, and then fleshed it out with their ideas.
Ghost River is the first "residential theater company" at University C, which gives students a way to apply the skills they have learned directly to professional theater production. Non-
Although many historical events are mentioned in the story, it does not unfold in chronological order.
Instead, it develops in a very similar way to the way people browse the internet, which Rose calls a "reference rabbit hole ".
"It's something I want to think about, especially in relationships with a new generation of young artists, and how they start to express the way they live in the world now," he said.
Total Theatre, one of the core principals of Ghost River, introduced light, sound and other technical designers from the beginning of the concept, and developed the drama in a lab environment, Ross said: "There we have access to all the elements of drama. ".
"We are interested in the communication of these elements as text.
Light can be said more or more than any word the actor says.
The "window" header window refers to many parts of the game, including four projector screens that can be used to display four different images or one when linked together.
It also refers to people's reference to history.
"I am particularly eager for young people, and for people from different generations to see what they think about history, and the way we think they will change in this show, Ross said.
Window: Tuesday, March 15-Saturday, March 19 at West Village Theater, 2007 10 th Avenue. S. W. $15. scpa. ucalgary. ca. twitter.
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