God of Carnage Review

Bailey Weir
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2:00-2:50pm

The God of Carnage

On October 1st I attended The God of Carnage at the Gladys G. Davis theatre.

Personally, I think the acting of all of the actors was strong. It was a believable and enjoyable performance all around. Some of the parts where the actors were yelling seemed to need a little bit of work. Besides the parts where there is loud yelling the acting was great, and I think that it was great performance.

I think that the way the stage was laid out made it feel more real. It was a thrust stage, which made for a different experience depending on where you were sitting. I was sitting to the right side of the stage. The set-up of furniture and props on the stage was very good and seemed natural. The flow of what you saw on the stage was easy to follow. For example, when Michael goes to get the alcohol you could easily see him do it while still paying attention to what else is going on on-stage.

The script seemed very well written. Everything that happened dialogue wise worked very well toward contributing to the next line spoken. There was no confusion at all in the speaking, and it was easy to tell what they were trying to convey when they spoke. The inflections they used with their voice helped contribute toward making the lines and the acting more comprehensible, but I feel that the quality of the script also had something to do with the quality of the acting.