The warning on the programme says – You may experience feeling of excitement. Whilst we encourage you to share these feelings with others please remain in your seat.
What better tempter to get you into a show – even if its a kids show!
Now coming from both an art and science background I’ve always believed that theatre is an ideal arena to combine the two disciplines. If at the same time it can impart a passion for both in the audience then all the better.
Hailing from a lighting background myself, where I’ve had the privilege to observe first hand how sybiotically engineering and digital technology works with the arts of colour mixing, pattern, angle, beam and intensity to create atmosphere, environment, time and place, i was delighted to come across Visualise at Venue 13.
The company’s mantra is very much: “Less explanation more exploration. To that end they have produced a hugely engaging interactive science demonstration – very now given the governments drive to improve our nations interest and skills in science and engineering!
With shows like the BBCs Bang Goes the Theory so popular, perhaps we are in for a more exciting educational theatre that can both encourage a healthy enthusiasm for science and entertain.
Visualize was certainly extremely well received – not just by the kids but also by many of the grownups! I was totally engrossed by the two pop bottle water vortex, the super smoke rings, the visualization of sound, dynamic colour theory displays and most of all, the ‘rainbow rays’.
Many of the highly visual performance elements used lighting, sound or video. Some of the ideas would do as well applied to a ‘less is more’ style of lighting design as they do a science demo.
Project manager Debbie Syrop discusses what inspired some of these fabulous ideas:
