Night terrors: staging.

 

My staging plan of Night Terrors. (Ideas).
My staging plan of Night Terrors. (Ideas).

For the purpose of understanding I would like to explain my staging idea as I feel my writing is sometimes unclear or messy.

I had the idea of using a large bed that could be both a bench and a bed.

Underneath the bed I was going to have a large make-shift car mat that could be used with the audience to create a journey of night terrors. I also had ideas on how I wanted my performance area to look like, in my head it would a pentagram as it gives the imagery of supernatural or slightly out of the ordinary experience.

However I also want my stage to be approachable but maintain a purpose.

I have also simplified my idea of the drawings above the bed as I felt due to the time constrain I would be unable to draw hundreds of drawings for this performance.

I did however simplify my workload by developing a almost child-like mobile that would hang above the bed, and spin around creating the idea of uniformity and deranged mental-state. I was inspired by the playful approach from the text The curious incident of the dog in the nighttime. This  text uses strong imagery of a young-boy with Asperger syndrome who struggles to understand the basic conformity of everyday life an his place on a social scale.

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