Project #4: Unconventional Theatre

1. D.D.D.

by Kawaguchi Takao

http://www.kawaguchitakao.com/works/ddd.html

This piece has a minimal set consisting of a table with strings of lights hung above and around. All of the communication in the show is conveyed through the extemely agressive movement of the male human body and is enhanced with the agressive sounds of electric guitars. At one point in the show, the audience uses plastic transparent sheets to cover themselves in order to shield themselves from projectile mess (oil). Time is sped up and slowed down at any given moment; years go by in seconds.

2. Aftermath

by Uninvited Guests

http://www.uninvited-guests.net/aftermath/aftermath.htm

This show lasts about 6 hours long. The audience is invited to be close and intimate with the cast and performers as they cut clothing from each other and create injuries using make-up. With adding blood to the wounds, the bodies become surfaces maked by real and unreal violence. Acts of gentileness produce visual and emotional mayhem.

3. Too Much Light Makes The Baby Go Blind (TMLMTBGB)

by Neo-Futurists

http://www.neofuturists.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=20&Itemid=45

This show is only an hour long, but attempts to squish 30 mini plays in 60 minutes. The actors always appear as themselves and address the audience as so. Each of these 30 plays is written by actors in the show. As new material is added at random to the sequence, the menu of shows changes constantly week by week. This show is completely organic and no single performance can ever be reproduced.

4. Pay Up

by Pig Iron Theatre Company

http://www.pigiron.org/productions/pay-up

Audience members enter a warehouse where a loud voice from speakers invites them to choose "opportunities" or performances they can see by paying money. Eight different pieces are performed in cubicles throughout. The audience's interaction is essential to the experience about to take place. They must pick quickly, where they want to go in the labyrinth for time does not allow for all performances to be seen by one audience member. Viewers become close as well as removed from performances (i.e.: they view a one of the performances through peep holes).

5. Water Fools

by Ilotopie

http://www.ilotopie.com/gb/company/2006_water_fools.htm

Water Fools is performed in outside water environments that lay next to urban city environments. The performances utilize illogical machinery which, along with great lighting, music, and lots of fireworks, create brand new myths for the audience to see. Luminous aspects of the show create a whole new world within our natural surroundings.