Yes, I know philosophically you don't need "anything" to create theatre, but realistically, without the technical aspects (by techinical, I mean lights, sound, sets, costumes, props . . .) there is no theatre. I've been told that theatre doesn't need any tech. At all. You can have naked actors in a grassy field. I ask, how many people have ever seen a completely tech-less show? I feel safe in saying no one.
I'm not coming down on actors, some of my best friends are actors. I just get a little tired of the "technical people are second class citizens" attitude I deal with with some actors in my business (I'm a lighting designer). An actor friend of mine decided one year that he was going to produce a tech-less production of a Greek play, he even asked me to be in it. "no sets, no lights, just acting in the park at night around a fire." I guess he forgot when he wanted us to provide our own costumes that that would be a technical aspect, along with the fire itself.
2007-02-13
13:15:27
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