Creation Theatre has embraced the digital zoom world that do many of us in the country have found ourselves plunged into during the last nine months of lockdown for work and meeting friends and family as a creative space to innovate and engage with young theatre-makers. It is a new media and a new way to share their work with a wider audience. The latest production is the Wonderful World of Wizard of Oz which runs until the 3rd January and features seventy young actors as the many creatures that Dorothy encounters on her journey.
On this performance, the audience peaked at 135 including the ten host devices that were starring in or producing the show and despite its running time of over two hours only drifted down to 125 in the second half. It is slightly distracting to have the audience faces in a panel across the top of the screen as the temptation is to look through them to see what they are doing, but at least it gives you the sense of being part of a shared experience even if it is a little bit like watching gogglebox.
