Week 4: Peter Pan

I saw Peter Pan at OCPAC last week and really enjoyed it. This picture was taken during intermission and doesn't sufficiently depict my point regarding lighting of the show (since we weren't supposed to take pictures, strictly speaking). However I was thoroughly impressed with they way the show drew focus despite the fact that it was in the round - sometimes the audience on the other side of the stage can be a distraction. I owe this primarily to the lighting design. It's an obvious choice to take out the house lights in order to put the performance in even greater relief, but when there's audience right on the other side, I can imagine it becomes a little trickier; finding the line between enough lighting for stage and not too much on the house. Fortunately, I was never once distracted by the opposite side's viewers. The lighting successfully managed to pull all of my attention to the stage as well as appropriately set the mood for the show's story.