The Abyss By Maria Milisavljevic
The Abyss
Written by Maria Milisavljevic
Directed by Richard Rose
German award-winning playwright Maria Milisavljevic thriller ‘ The Abyss’ is a dark, poetic, lyrical thriller, concerns the vanishing of a 24 year old girl named Karla and three friends who set off looking for her. This is a very complex story, which is told in small amount of time with quick switching of dialogue and narration. The theatre was completely packed with the gathering of people which made it very clear that this play is worth to watch.
As I got in there were positive vibes and the stage was designed in such a way that there is only front view available which was totally dark. The environment of the hall was very well set up and seats were placed in such a …show more content…
But at the same time what happens on the stage is seen and heard by the audience progressively, as it happens. They were constantly stretching, lacing and twisting their chain .There was no echo of voice which made it comfortable to understand dialogue clearly even when sometimes narration was fast. The story revolves around three main characters I (Cara pikco) the narrator, He (Vlado), who is a Serbian immigrant and She (Sarah Sherman) who is German. Cara played both narrator and Sophia’s sister, Gord played both Vlado (Karla’s boyfriend and Cara’s secret lover) and finally, Sarah played many different characters like Ivan (caretaker), Varvara (lady in apartment), and police …show more content…
His boyfriend Vlado and her flat mate and her sister Sophia attempted to find Karla as police and paper ignore the disappearance of Karla. The play rapidly transforms into a secret story with the Narrator issuing us a day by day record of the activities of these three and Cara’s lover Jan (Rand) take in their pursuit. One piece of information they battle to comprehend is the reason before Karla left she drew only heart on her red rain boots which she was wearing. At the point when Karla, Vlado and the Narrator were happy on their vacation in Croatia, Karla had drawn three hearts on her flip-flops. As the story gradually moves forward, it gets clear that all three of them have some secrets as they acknowledge how weak the life had built it. This search take these friends into their past which makes it about a love story, drama. Valdo’s character serves as suspicious as he is dull, hidden and very hard to read as he always carry a knife with him. His character, his acting was much better when he plays the role of Jan i.e.’; sweet lover whereas Sophia is the one who organizes the search for Karla and keeps it throughout the play. She was an amazing dynamic actress as the way she plays various characters. She becomes frustrated with her sister relationship with Vlado which sometimes outweigh in discovering Karla. She doesn’t sound
Written by Maria Milisavljevic
Directed by Richard Rose
German award-winning playwright Maria Milisavljevic thriller ‘ The Abyss’ is a dark, poetic, lyrical thriller, concerns the vanishing of a 24 year old girl named Karla and three friends who set off looking for her. This is a very complex story, which is told in small amount of time with quick switching of dialogue and narration. The theatre was completely packed with the gathering of people which made it very clear that this play is worth to watch.
As I got in there were positive vibes and the stage was designed in such a way that there is only front view available which was totally dark. The environment of the hall was very well set up and seats were placed in such a …show more content…
But at the same time what happens on the stage is seen and heard by the audience progressively, as it happens. They were constantly stretching, lacing and twisting their chain .There was no echo of voice which made it comfortable to understand dialogue clearly even when sometimes narration was fast. The story revolves around three main characters I (Cara pikco) the narrator, He (Vlado), who is a Serbian immigrant and She (Sarah Sherman) who is German. Cara played both narrator and Sophia’s sister, Gord played both Vlado (Karla’s boyfriend and Cara’s secret lover) and finally, Sarah played many different characters like Ivan (caretaker), Varvara (lady in apartment), and police …show more content…
His boyfriend Vlado and her flat mate and her sister Sophia attempted to find Karla as police and paper ignore the disappearance of Karla. The play rapidly transforms into a secret story with the Narrator issuing us a day by day record of the activities of these three and Cara’s lover Jan (Rand) take in their pursuit. One piece of information they battle to comprehend is the reason before Karla left she drew only heart on her red rain boots which she was wearing. At the point when Karla, Vlado and the Narrator were happy on their vacation in Croatia, Karla had drawn three hearts on her flip-flops. As the story gradually moves forward, it gets clear that all three of them have some secrets as they acknowledge how weak the life had built it. This search take these friends into their past which makes it about a love story, drama. Valdo’s character serves as suspicious as he is dull, hidden and very hard to read as he always carry a knife with him. His character, his acting was much better when he plays the role of Jan i.e.’; sweet lover whereas Sophia is the one who organizes the search for Karla and keeps it throughout the play. She was an amazing dynamic actress as the way she plays various characters. She becomes frustrated with her sister relationship with Vlado which sometimes outweigh in discovering Karla. She doesn’t sound