Impressions of the Play Titled Cleaning Up

Impressions of the Play Titled Cleaning Up

This essay will be based on my, impressions of the play, 'Cleaning Up'

which I saw on 25/03/04. The name of the company performing the play

was 'Theatre Venture'. There were four members of this company and

between them they shared the roles.

My first impressions when entering the theatre hall were very good

ones. The first thing I noticed was the almost intimidating music

playing in the background. This music caught my attention because it

was simply interesting. I could hear muffled voices and sounds like

police sirens in the background of the music's slow beat. This along

with the dimmed, smoky lights worked for me, set the atmosphere very

well and made me want to keep watching - which was the sole purpose.

Even if I had not already read the play, I would have had a clear idea

of what kind of area the play was set in from little clues like the

police sirens concealed in the music to the loud graffiti sprayed on

the set walls.

The costumes in this play were another plus point for me. This play

worked with the idea of authority and belonging. These things came out

to me further while viewing the play. The first character to enter the

stage was wearing a costume that would become very familiar as the

play moved on. It was a silver jumpsuit which covered their whole

body. They also had goggles and a face mask on. This appearance was

quite chilling and added to the cold, eerie atmosphere perfectly. This

costume was a uniform which didn't allow any of the actual person's

personality to shine through. The costume was cold and impersonal and

as the play progressed, I realised that the co...

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and didn't let me go until the play was finished and I thoroughly

enjoyed it. Doing this essay has forced me to think about the play I

watched in even more depth and detail and now I feel I fully

understand the message it was trying to portray, although I think

everyone who watched it would have a different idea of what it was

meant to be portraying.

I would definitely recommend this play to my friends and family as I

thought it was interesting and something refreshing and different to

anything I had ever seen before. I would also recommend all the

world's leading politicians sit and watch it together because I think

the writer of this play has put together an interesting viewpoint on

what s/he believes might happen in the future and I think we need to

be ready to tackle the Meebus bug if it ever comes our way.