I had a rough idea in my head of how I thought the apartment would be laid out. But then we came across issues with the table within each scene and how everyone would be sitting around it - the seating arrangements had to be realistic. Not staged and looking fake.
These are the different arrangements for the flat I came up with. As a group we decided to have the kitchen, Eddie and Beatrice and Catherines bedroom all off stage. This gave us more space for the main room of the apartment to work in.
I was working along side someone else in my group, she came up with very similar set designs and we weren't exactly working together. We simply drew how we thought the apartment would be. But in the end we came up with near enough the exact same designs.
Since the group started to have a small debate over the set and the table being 'fake' because of seating arrangements, we split into two groups and each came up with new designs. One group were on the stage and the rest of us were back drawing on the board. When we went in to see what they had done, they were using one of the designs but changed it a little.
Once we all had finally set out the stage and entrances, exits, where bedrooms were and also acted in the space. We decided to move the door and Eddies chair to have a clear lay out and have space for Catherine and Rodolpho to dance in one of the scenes.
Having people act around in the stage with the layout was much easier than just drawing it because we were able to see were people would be stuck on getting to where they needed to go and we were able to see if everyone was able to be seen.
The scene being performed, I was not in, so I was the only one to sit back and watch with them in the setting. This meant I could see where things were going wrong with the table. Not everyone could be seen. So then we stopped and rearranged where people would be sat and moved everyone about.
Layout:
- Table: Downstage Left
- Eddies chair and extra chairs: Upstage right
- Beatrice/Eddies bedroom: Upstage centre
- Catherines bedroom: Upstage left, off
- Kitchen: Downstage left, off
- Front door and coat rack: Downstage right
- Street: Across the front of the stage on the floor, audience level
- Alfieris office: Downstage right, on the floor, audience level
Having the street and Alfieris office being level with the audience meant that we could use the stage for the apartment and the audience level for anything extra which will be happening. As there are a lot of props to be laid out on the stage, there wasn't much room for a stage and the office. Also there is a large piano downstage right on the floor which limits us on where we originally wanted the office. I thought ahead, knowing the piano was there and decided to put the office on the other side of the floor area.
Some original images of the stage layout. We changed this one because there was a big gap downstage left and you wouldn't have a table infront of the door.
More recent images of the stage layout, before moving door and chairs
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