"But in Dorian Gray, Snook's live performance always felt like the main event. In , Williams' virtuoso use of film gets in the way. There's a lot of debate over whether 'live video' - that is to say, a performance relayed via video feed to a big screen on the stage - counts as theatre, and the answer I will give anybody to this is 'yes'."
"Having spent her twenties making a name for herself on the London stage, she hasn't trodden our boards since a Menier Chocolate Factory production of The Color Purple kicked her career into overdrive a decade ago. But the Stockwell-born actor was always going to come home at some point, and offers the star the chance to show her range: taking on 23 roles in a stage retelling of Bram Stoker's classic vampire novel."
Cynthia Erivo returns to the London stage to play 23 roles in a stage retelling of Bram Stoker's classic vampire novel. Kip Williams employs an aggressively techy, film-heavy, auteur approach that blends pre-recorded footage with live feeds. The production uses far more pre-recording than Williams' Dorian Gray and often places giant screen versions of Erivo at the centre of group scenes. The live Erivo frequently appears reduced to a background Dr John Seward, standing aside while multiple pre-recorded Erivos dominate. The heavy reliance on video undermines immediacy and diminishes the presence of the live performance.
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