On March the third; Is Theatre Limited presented Sound and Fury in the Newstead College Auditorium to a handful of college students. Ryk Goddard, who is also a main actor in the performance, along with talented percussionist Josh Green, directs Sound and Fury. With the excited suggestions from audience members Ryk and Josh presented an unrehearsed intriguing performance, which some students found mildly amusing. They used many techniques to engage the audience, in set, sound and lights. The performers used many different methods in set, in an attempt to entertain and captivate audience members. The stage was set up in sections, with different instruments and props in the front and back corners of the stage.
This meant the action could take place in a variety of areas, which thus allowed for the audience to be watching attentively, wanting to know to where Ryk and Josh were moving to next. Ryk and Josh were also weary not to stay in one area for too long, and not carry the story from that area to another area. An example of this is the God sequence, behind the backdrop. Ryk stayed there for a period of time to establish the character and story but then moved to somewhere else for quite a while.
He then returned to behind the backdrop to finish off the story. Josh also moved around so that the same instruments weren’t being heard over and over, which would ultimately bore the audience members. He also made sure that the sequence of instruments used wasn’t repeated either. The instruments were a very mesmerizing aspect of the set. Instruments ranged from bongos to bells, tin fences to a rubbish bin and windpipes to a whistle. Because so many instruments were used the audience became very aware of all the instruments and the sounds each one made.
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Ryk and Josh made sure that the audience recognised the change between instruments by using them to assist in presenting the mood and depth of what message they were introducing with soft, quick, loud or slow music. An example of this was shown when Ryk was speaking slowly, and was obviously in a very subdued mood. Josh changed the music to also be very slow and deep to match and emphasise Ryk’s performance and character. However, Ryk and Josh had to always keep a close eye on each other and the issue the other was trying to present so their performance could be in sync. This was an awful system, as it meant that during the show one would be a small step behind the other or looking over their shoulder for inspiration and reinforcement from the other.
Ryk and Josh disguised this very well though. Many other sound techniques were used in an attempt to intrigue, entertain and fascinate the audience. Ryk also used a microphone to distort his voice to assist in presenting certain moods or messages. This at times was an annoying technique as it was hard for the audience to work out what Ryk was actually saying. An example of this was when Ryk was talking about Global Warming. During this section Ryk overused the microphone as well which lost the concentration of the audience members.
Also because Ryk overused it the impact it should have had on the audience was lost. Some, however, still enjoyed it. When Ryk was talking without the assistance of the microphone Josh was very careful not to be too loud, so that he didn’t drain out what was being said and in the same way Ryk was being sure he was speaking louder than the instruments. Thus this meant attention was not lost through misunderstanding. Lighting was also used in an attempt to entertain the audience throughout the performance. However this was not a very effective technique as the lights were a spontaneous effect which sometimes did not match the mood when it was first introduced.
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Towards the end of the mood the lighting would match and then it would change and the lighting would fall behind again. An example of this was when Ryk was being God. Oodles of white light was used, flashing up high to show the importance of him being “God.” The lighting also looked very unprofessional as even when an actor wasn’t in an area light was flashed on that part of the stage. The intention was to create a specific type of effect but it just made the lighting look dodgy. The same colours were used continuously and very repeatededly, in the same kind of sequence. Thus in conclusion the lighting was a very ineffective technique, which amused and delighted the audience minutely.
The audiences’ involvement in the performance was a major contributor that allowed the audience to be amused and delighted by Ryk and Josh. Ryk was very manipulative of the audiences’s suggestions and slyly changed ideas to what he thought would be better or easier to present. An example of this was when people where making suggestions on something that was really annoying, for the second performance and people were calling out “Ferrets!” . At the end of the suggestion time, Ryk said that the next performance would be on mobile phones, a topic none of the audience members had mentioned. However, this type of interaction and suggestion process allowed the audience to feel like Ryk was a “cool guy and friend” which made them, unconsciously, enjoy the performance a lot more as they felt that they knew him as a person. Although some areas of Sound and Fury were not entertaining, amusing or delightful the performance, on the whole, was generally enjoyed by most students.
It could be seen that both actors were very talented and presented ideas from the audience in a very unique and imaginative way that, unconsciously, made them enjoy the show.
