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has anyone performed in the round...what did u think of it?

Theatre in the Round= Stage surrounded by audience on all sides.

I have KINDA performed in the round. We had audience on three sides and then the back wall was our "set." Personally I hated it cus we were so close to the front row and rude people that talked through the show keep throwing me off. Plus the set up made it impossible to people to walk from wing to wing. So where you exited is where you entered next from automatically.

I mean, the show was written FOR theatre in the round and it would have not been the same any other way, but personally I didn't like acting in it.

We also had problems with is on the LAST show we did. I was on set moving crew and at one point all of us had to be on the same side to move stuff. Two of us literally had to creep OUT of the theatre and creep back in another door. But again, the show wouldn't have been the same without it.

Damn that Alice in Wonderland set kicked a**.

I personally no but my Theatre Teacher once did alice in wonderland in the round at her old school and from what she said it was pretty cool

Ha! We just did Alice in the round. Weirdness.

I love doing theatre in the round. We do 80% of our plays in the round because we like to physically connect with the audience. It's so much nicer to SEE your audience. Also, you don't get so nervous because you're not "on stage." At least I don't. Also, you get to do cool things like talk to audience members and put clothes on them and sit on their laps and oh I love it.

Stage on three sides=thrust. ^^

I've performed in the round. Once. Rather in the square. Our seating units formed a square with about 5 feet of space between them for actors/techies to move around and behind them and then the platforms were in the middle of the seating units. It was a b***h to set up and a b***h to perform in. Cause the first rule they teach you is to not show your back to the audience and so you feel a bit....phobic. Or maybe it's just me.

The only play I've ever been in the round(square) for really had to be that way, though. It was totally sweet how we made use of the spaces between the seating units. There were actors flying out from everywhere. I swear it was like a swarm of bees. But with actors.

Eew. I hate when they even do Band-in-a-Box type things. They're becoming so much more common, too. But a RECORDING? And Joseph in the round? There's not much more you can do to kill that, no? confused

Yeah. Bet that went over well. My director would have most likely shot herself. Or complained to the other director. She can't deal with people just kind of....killing plays.