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As our piece ‘After Abigail’ had to be suitable for touring purposes, we tried to make our set as minimalistic as possible, as we couldn’t even be guaranteed the use of an offstage. We were heavily influenced by the works of the playwright Bertolt Brecht
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Amy Steptoe 13GR Indicate how the influences and ideas of other playwrights and/or directors, designers and performers (i.e. practitioners) have been used. As our piece 'After Abigail' had to be suitable for touring purposes, we tried to make our set as minimalistic as possible, as we couldn't even be guaranteed the use of an offstage. We were heavily influenced by the works of the playwright Bertolt Brecht and introduced his concept of an epic theatre into our piece. It worked very effectively especially as we needed to make our set as minimal as possible. We came up with the idea of a 'shelf' which consisted of everyone who was 'offstage' - basically if they weren't involved in the action 'onstage'. We used our bodies, in a specific, consistent pose (reflecting our character) to create a picture in the upstage corner. This idea was influenced by Brecht as similar to some of his...
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