Theater Arts

Sitting in Limbo is a tackle create verbally by Dawn Penso and Judith Hepburn who are both(prenominal) Jamaican nationals living in London, the play was directed by Jo-Ann McCabe. Sitting in Limbo was held at the University of the West Indies Cave Hill Campus, Errol Barrow Centre for Creative whim in the Walcott Warner Theater. The moon reading featured a trio of Barbadian actors Amanda Cumerbatch as Yvonne Campbell, Philip Eno as the judge and radio announcer and finally Loretta Hackett as Nita George, on Monday 25th February 2013.The theatrical frame starts out with a contrast among two women, adept of a fairly wealthy background and the other(a) struggling to make ends meet this portrays a conflict between both women based on their differences which in the end both women overcame. The play some a prison warden, Nita George and prisoner Yvonne Campbell depicts a political disruption in Grenadas annals which led to the imprisonment of Grenadian Phllis Coard.Immured along wi th her maintain for assassinating Grenadas elected Prime Minister, Nita presumes that Yvonne is a greedy woman with a thirst for predominance and that she is the main reason behind all the troubles in Grenada due to her pushing her husband into the overthrow of the Prime Minister. Nita openly affronts Yvonne, man Yvonne demands that she be respected beca example of her position in society and the success she has brought upon the country.Two years had passed and Nitas views roughly Yvonne hadnt changed nevertheless as the years went by for a total of seven years and they both opened up to each other and adapted to each others personalities Nita precept Yvonne as a woman with humanity and compassion. Although the play is mainly about the two characters Nita and Yvonne, the radio announcer plays a in truth important role, he notifies the auditory modality about the amount of years passed and the fate of Grenada, the radio announcer practically gives viewing auditory modality a n idea of what was going on during the play.The trio has done an exceptionally smashing job on the piece Sitting in Limbo. The use of accents added a great effect on the nationality of the characters or the origin where the disaster was being taken place. The use of costume was also great because one could identify which character was which , when Nita or Loretta wore the khaki shirt and the khaki knee breeches it gave the audience a hint that she was some sort of guard or officer or in this case a prison warden.In Philips case the use of headphones gave the audience an idea that he was a Dj or a radio announcer. The use of the projection of bars gave the audience an idea that it was some kind of prison. The bars also reflected on how each woman felt inside, Nita trying to raise a family by herself in the economic struggles felt put behind bars because she wanted to live a give out life, she wanted to reach for her goals but she could not do so because of the underway situatio n but eventually broke free and decided to take back the offer her sister had given her.Yvonne although imprisoned literally felt imprisoned due to the fact that deep down inside she knew what she did was wrong but her arrogance and pride got in the way ,she broke free by refusing to sign a contract which could have literally freed her by denying everything she had truly done. However they were some minor imperfections which were indeed noticeable, such as the reenforcement of the audience, Phillip walking offstage before the go along had actually begun and where Loretta and Amanda had somewhat bury a bit of their lines.There were also some technical difficulties where as the fade would begin as well early or a little too late but they but did not affect the theatrical piece it self. The play was a unique piece especially because it was my first magazine viewing a moon read play and because they tied in a fictional crisis into a play which I found very creative. The play also i mpacted the audience and made it an enjoyable play for them.