Glasshouse review - Sinah Evers
The forum theatre "Glasshouse" was the first of its kind I have ever seen. I did not only watched the theatre itself, I also took part in an workshop that was offered before.
This workshop showed impressively what family (the main theme of the show) might mean for different people. I also gave you a bigger idea about what "Cardboard Citizens" are doing in their work with homeless people and it was a lot of fun. The concept of having a workshop and seeing a play afterwards to the same topic makes the theme so much more present and lets you think more about the theme than only having one of them.
This workshop showed impressively what family (the main theme of the show) might mean for different people. I also gave you a bigger idea about what "Cardboard Citizens" are doing in their work with homeless people and it was a lot of fun. The concept of having a workshop and seeing a play afterwards to the same topic makes the theme so much more present and lets you think more about the theme than only having one of them.
But also the play itself was amazing: people who claim theatre is old and dusted and can not stand against new medias as film and TV would change their opinion at least after seeing this forum theatre. The interaction of actors and the audience - who got actors themselves - made it feel unpredictable what would happen next. You really got into the protagonists feelings and into the story. Also the theme was something everybody should be able to identify with - family and conflicts in families.
I went into the workshop and the show with a vague idea about what it will be like and walked out with many ideas and the wish to see a forum theatre again as soon as possible!
I give Glasshouse 3 of 3 Stars
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