ABSTRACT

The process of making theatre is only complete when the spectators become part of the event, and a new phase of the work begins as the production moves from the subjective to the objective. The test for the scenographer is to see whether all the preparation has been in balance, and the spectators have understood the vision and the intention of the production. The acting area has to be planned from the beginning from the spectators’ viewpoint. One of the attractions of the unconventional theatre space is that it unites players and spectators in a joint adventure and exploration of the space. The audience, for which all the effort of months of work has been made, remains a mystery — a group of disparate people who have all decided to do the same thing on the same night, and come together in a large space called a theatre.