We like the Theatre.

Audio-Freq does do other things then scout for cocktails and pints in Birmingham's pubs you know. Audio-Freq likes to go to the theatre, so to the theatre we went.. twice in one week.

SONG OF GOAT'S MACBETH @ THE MAC

Song of the Goat's production of Macbeth is labelled as being both 'reworked' and 'ground-breaking', these descriptions are most positively accurate. Song of the Goat has plucked Macbeth straight out of the canon and chopped it up, throwing away those 'unnecessary' scenes and performing only the main monologues and exchanges whilst the ensemble dance around with wooden sticks and sing songs. Sounds a little untraditional yessum? Well it is, but it does work. Through cutting down the scenes the text that remains deals with the core emotional argument and highlights the thematic agenda. Song of The Goat's Macbeth is sung, chanted and wailed which is both eerie and disturbing, especially whilst they swish their sticks and climb the walls like spiders. GO AND SPECTATE.. ***www.macarts.co.uk/page/3649/performance/365***


3BUGS FRINGE THEATRE GROUP'S THE CAUCASIAN CHALK CIRCLE @ THE GUILD

3BUGS Fringe Theatre group is the University of Birmingham's own devisive and collaborative theatrical society that creates a production each term. The society takes one of these productions across the UK up to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. This year The Caucasian Chalk Circle was the chosen text, which was written by the famous practionier Bertlot Brecht in 1944 to pioneer Epic Theatre. Epic Theatre was popularised by Brecht as a mode of performance that makes the audience aware that they are watching a play. Brecht and other important theatre thespians hoped that by doing the audience would ponder about the socio-political message rather than get attached to the false emotions the characters blurt on about. 3BUGS hit the Bretchian nail on the head as through working as ensemble the cast picked up and dropped roles which detached the audience from connecting to characters. The performance refreshed the Brechtian concept through incorporating music, puppetry and movement in a rather funny and rather entertaining way. Unfortunately, you've missed the chance to see this 3BUGS production, but if you have a taste for collaborative and devised theatre then Audio-Freq recommends getting involved in their next project
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