WOMAN IN BLACK REVEIW

last week i visited the theater to see the performance of woman in black and i was truly surprised at how well it had been produced.

The set was unusual and took a while to fully understand but at the same time was amazingly inventive and created an amazing atmosphere. The stage was made out to be an old theatre with shabby curtains, some old simple props and a mysterious door leading behind a large black sheet which revealed another space when lights passed through the sheet. this spaced was used in multiple ways , the nursery room scene with the famous haunting rocking chair, then became the grave yard scene where a white sheet was placed over the furniture of the nursery to resemble misty graves. .there was also another' 'layer' of stage set where a back light would be turned on to reveal a set of stairs leading to a mysterious door. The set may have looked simple using basic props such as wooden boxes and chairs for your imagination to work with.
the performers were flawless with only three actors in the whole show. The actors would do simple costume stages mainly off stage but smaller changes were done on stage with the actor completely changing character. This all added up to create a raw performance full of fantastic acting and terrifying scenes.
The play would be noting without the woman in black herself. her movement ,her appearance and her voice were truly haunting. in the most unsuspecting moments she would appear; during the grave scene she slowly walked down the isles eventually stopping at the front of the stage letting out a shocking scream . they did not rely on cheap jump scares as they do in modern horror films instead her parts were subtle, often her face or silhouette just appearing in the background or sat in the rocking chair.