Proposals for Mise-en-scène on Texts by Shakespeare, Molière, Beckett. iLO Experience
Proposals for Mise-en-scène on Texts by Shakespeare, Molière, Beckett. iLO Experience

Summary/Abstract: We chose three undisputed classics names of European theater for several reasons: meeting of the classical text with new technologies in the theater is one of the biggest stakes; in front of a multitude of original experiments, we intended to pursue what remains and what is lost in the remake of these texts. The investigation of image functions related to the text was another topic that we focused on. Some important ideas have emerged from these exercises: simplicity helps a lot in multimedia projections; a too complicated proposal may cumber the staging, and no longer achieve the original goals. A stronger contrast in light design increases the dramatic nature of a framework. An open attitude to the news is important for the designer and artist, otherwise we risk not to move forward in our creations or to recopy us. Even if puppets or projections are used, the characters retain the major features that come from the analysis of the basic text. This can be done using colors, tones that the light fixtures change, shapes that they project. For the same pieces of text we could find other solutions, over some time, which could maintain the style in which the fragment was written and which can arouse the viewer impressions. Precisely because of this versatility that the stage directing gives us, the texts will never get tired.

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