Nyle takes a psychedelic drug to calm himself. Afterward, Nyle receives a mysterious phone call and rushes back to the Institute where he discovers ash from Margo's cigarette near the case notes. Fearful of what the notes contain, Margo puts them back. That evening, Elena's nurse Margo discovers Nyle's case notes on Elena in a wall cavity, finding strange symbols and images that indicate Nyle's violent sexual obsession with Elena. He hints that a photo of her might be in Elena's room, which she later discovers under her bed. Nyle takes significant quantities of prescription medication and disguises his complete lack of hair and his black irises with an elaborate wig and contact lenses.Īttempting to elicit an emotional response from Elena, Nyle speaks about her dead mother, whom he calls "beautiful" and "desirable". Nyle spends his nights at home with his wife, a docile woman who exists in a state of constant stupor, yet seems to genuinely care for Nyle despite his lack of tenderness towards her. By night, Elena is kept in a room with a television. In an effort to understand Elena's abilities, Nyle subjects her to daily interrogations, during which Elena demands to see her father. Elena only communicates through telepathy and demonstrates psychic capabilities, which Nyle suppresses using a glowing, prismatic device. Outwardly a charming, handsome scientist, Nyle is a psychopath who has been keeping Elena, a young girl, captive in a hospital beneath the institute. In the 1980s, Arboria's work has been taken over by his protégé, Dr. The recording is 48 minutes long.In the 1960s, Mercurio Arboria founded the Arboria Institute, a New Age research facility dedicated to finding a reconciliation between science and spirituality, allowing humans to move into a new age of perpetual happiness.
Behind the beyond review for free#
As they say, the show must go on.īehind the Beyond is available now for free on YouTube. Though we don’t know when it will be safe enough for theatres to open up again in the way we’re used to, it’s productions like this that keep us all connected to each other and to the theatre community. It may not have been quite the same as sitting in a theatre seeing a production on stage, but it was a taste of what we have all been missing. Most of the virtual plays we’ve seen are actors sitting in their apartments and the background bookcase is often distracting from their words, but this one feels more immersive, even online. They added digital backgrounds to accompany their period costumes and it all worked quite seamlessly. Everything felt smooth and it was easy to follow along. Opening on the narrator, played by Paul Williamson, the show goes on to describe the theatre, the audience, the acting and staging, while the plot pokes fun at the typical 19th-century problem plays.Īdapted for this format and directed by Brian Cano, this play was the perfect selection for a Zoom-based production, with its smaller cast and minimal staging requirements. Zoom was used for the production and, since the internet can be unreliable for live streaming, recording and putting the show together seamlessly came out as the best option.Ī story filled with a comedy of errors, Behind the Beyond is a play within a play. The team for Behind the Beyond came together to rehearse and perform the play within social distancing restrictions.
But not quite like this.Īlong with the struggle of social distancing comes opportunity. Originally written by Canadian author Stephen Leacock, this isn’t the show’s first time in the Ottawa scene – most recently it was performed at the Ottawa Little Theatre in the 2012/2013 season.
Members of the Ottawa theatre community have come together to produce a socially distanced virtual play called Behind the Beyond, available now for free on YouTube.
But right away, we saw communities in New York, London, Toronto, and even here in Ottawa, come together not only to support those of us in theatre withdrawal, but also those in the theatre community who are out of jobs and who had lost an artistic space and an income. For theatre nerds like us, going from weekly shows to none at all was quite a bit of culture shock. It’s been just over six months since theatres in Ottawa and around the globe shut down. Follow on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. Laura and Samara spend their days as non-profit unicorns and fill every spare minute exploring the world of musical theatre as BFFs (that’s Broadway Friends Forever).
0 kommentar(er)
