One problem with the Oxford Playhouse is that the acoustics are really hard, especially for untrained actors. The space is very dead.
The temptation is to use the mechanical fore-stage to help bring the actors out from under the proscenium but when it is up it makes the stage incredibly wide.
My current plan is to use the thrust and a large curved white cyclorama to shift the whole performance space forward several metres. The curve in the cyclorama will help stop the space feeling quite so large and should help give some depth. This will make it easier to project and if we use the thrust as a semi-stage (i.e. a foot lower than the main stage) it will make the action much more immediate.
I wonder if this is going to work.
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