I'm unsure which I prefer. I've just recently finished writing, directing and acting in my own play and it was certainly challenging (I suppose normally I wouldn't be doing all three plus organisational stuff, but I had to for my Higher). However some shows I just love the ideas behind, and would like to put my own spin on it e.g. I just started studying Antigone and I've got all these mad ideas about a greek chorus of tabloid journalists and things like that
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Regarding the scene changes, my teacher said that it can be done quite simply using lighting - warm lighting with oranges, pinks and yellows for Egypt and very sharp cold blue and white lighting for Rome. I'd probably be tempted to go for very simplistic reusable pieces of set for it. The nasty scene would be when Antony is being hoisted up to Cleopatra's monument, but I've seen it done badly *cough* BBC television Shakespeare *cough* and would make sure to have some serious thought on it.
All that said, I do love my acting
Nothing like playing good old Laertes in Hamlet (nothing like some crossdressing for that matter
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I'm not an English applicant btw
Social and Political Sciences is my course (mine! my own! my precious!!!!) and I've applied to the land of red brick castles, squirrels and en suites! (aka Robinson). Are you Trinity?