At one point in time theatre audiences were allowed to hide in the dark of an arch invisible to the actors on stage and comfortably relax back to watch the show.
However, this is not the case at this year’s Edinburgh fringe festival as theatre audiences are forced to watch the actors trample through them as the plot unfolds around them with every festival event open to a great deal of uncertainty.
Some of the events should be quite demanding on the actors and the audiences such as The Cry by the Badac Theatre, which is described as an extreme emotional and physical experience.
According to producers, techniques will be used so that the actors can vent their anger without the use of stage fighting. One can only imagine what this will entail given that two years previous the company put on ‘The Factory’ and the audience members found themselves taking on the role of Holocaust victims subject to shouting and forced movement from room to room.
Those who really want to get into the spirit of the festival can sign up on Twitter and receive memos that place them in roles at the festival dictating that they believe they are walking with their imaginary childhood friend or are now five hours ahead of time.
Another play, called The Bench will see audiences sit paired up on benches speaking lines that an audio recording tells them to say. In other words, the audience is no longer the safest place to be for a true theatre experience.
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