A_FB_MND_2008_06 BEFORE couple

Transcript

CA = Catherine Allen (Interviewer)
RR= Rowan Rutter (Interviewer)
A = Audience member

CA: So, why did you choose this show, out of everything that was in the programme, what made A Midsummer Night's Dream stand out to you?

A: Studied it when we were younger [pause] and felt we could follow the story a lot better [CA nods] And err always enjoyed watching different adaptations of it, and erm felt that this was going to be a good one.

CA: So you've seen lots of things like this before?

A: Yeah sort of outdoor things in the summer and that type of thing. Erm been to one in Nottingham Castle and things, and thought, well what sort of different edge will this have, so. 

CA: And how do you think, having seen things like that before outdoors, how do you think it changes the experience, it being in a separate space and not being in a theatre?

A: Well, different atmosphere entirely, you know, its more enclosed, bit more, [pause] dynamic I suppose. It doesn't get lost. You're not thinking, 'oh whats that person said?' when you're outdoors, when you kinda miss is and everyone's laughing, and you don't know what they're laughing at. [CA laughs]. But hopefully, you'll be able to catch jokes in here, even if you can't undersatnd all of it. 

RR: Do you think it changes the way people look at a playwright like Shakespeare, who's revered as a playwright, when you stick it outside, stick it in a tent, do a pig roast and all that kind of stuff, that it gets back to the original ways that the plays were intended to be seen? 

A: Yeah well I think the circular format is a bit more like the Globe isn't it? So erm, people will be able to see it from all angles.