Punchdrunk + My Role

This may be a few steps away from what the actual context of 1984 is about. However this post relates to the world of immersive theatre and having the audience step alongside similar roles as the performers. They may be spectating but the audience still take part in the action of the play, whether it's causing a bit of trouble or being tortured in room 101.

Punchdrunk is a British Theatre Company- formed in 2000. The difference and unique aspect of their shows is that the audience are free to go where they want and choose what to watch. This means the company itself have to devise many hours of production just to complete one audience members' show because you can't be in two places at once ; your friend will probably see something different to what you did.

On the right is a poster of the show- 'Inside the Drowned Man'. And on the left, a trailer of their show. It's a look into the plot of the story and the OuTsTaNdInG set piece they've put together. 

On another post of mine: Set Design of The Drowned Man- there is a small gallery of pictures which shows the set of their performance hence Set Design of The..

Our Immersive Show

In our performance of 2050 (the future from 1984) same plot and same characters but different names, all of the actors play a part as a floater. It's their responsibility to watch the time and change character when their next role is instructed to start. Personally, i'm a soldier and a thought police. As a soldier it's my 'duty' to look out and keep the audience in order in The Space or in other words the two minute hate room. In the space of two minutes plotted actors and hopefully audience members will take that time to express hatred for O'Brien-another character in 1984. There will be multimedia footage of O'Brien and one of the rebels on the video. To make sure the audience know of O'Brien, posters will be stuck around the room and possibly outside. During the performance i'm in the hate room twice for 15 minutes each because another organisation (The Anti-Sex League) will also be having their presentation in that break. When i'm not in charge as a soldier i'm in charge as a thought police. 

            In the role of a thought police i'm allowed to go into room 415 (O'Brien's office), the hallways, the cafeteria which will be recreated into 'The Ministry Food Hall' and the reception space. Although i'm not allowed into Winston's home, the torture room or the the operating room. 

Although our overall piece of 2050 isn't in chronological order, mainly because it's immersive theatre, we know that the end of the play will be the start of the rebels' revolution. 

My time schedule:

-made on excel

For the reason I have to be somewhere at a certain time requires me to wear a watch as part of my costume.