Fasymmetric Theory (2nd Run) - February 2012

The Second Run

 After the initial run of Fasymmetric Theory, we were encouraged as a company to put on another run in a different space and promote ourselves to theatre magnates and theatre festivals. The reaction we got from the run prompted us to think bigger and take the production further. Lecture Mark Griffin advised us to apply to perform at the International Student Drama Festival in Sheffield in the summer. To become part of the festival, we need to perform again in a new space. With Studio 3 at St Mary's being our new venue, the company is setting out to rework the production for a smaller space. This ultimately means less set, fewer lights and a few cuts within the script. As set designer, my task is to water down the set to work to the same effectiveness as the first production did, but with much less of the rostra. Ideally, I think we need to keep the use of levels and have the same sort of spread of the set, so as to keep it broad enough to be as useful as possible for the majority of the scenes.     

Early rough set plan

The set design sticks to the same rough idea of creating a playground for the actors, but on a much smaller scale. Although I could have stuck to the same set layout in a less dense format, I consciously chose to reconstruct the shape. The new layout retains the use of asymmetry and the use of a downstage centre set of blocks

Final set plan front elevation

Final set plan birds-eye elevation

Props remained largely the same as the initial run of
the play, except for those that would have needed to change due to re-writes. One of these  changes is the death of one of the ‘Goodness’ characters in the scene ‘Goodness’. As opposed to eating slug pellets, the character will now be felled with a shovel. Another change was the clothing on the puppets, as the clothes used before were departmental, it was necessary to source new clothes.

A new role I have taken on in the current production of Fasymmetric Theory is that of Graphic Designer for the new posters. Although admittedly not the largest task in the world for this production, I still threw myself into the task at hand. The posters are simple, clean, crisp and in black and white to cut down costing. 

Fasymmetric Theory re-premiers February 16th at 7.30.

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