Interesting: We actually had the signs reversed (with NAY at the front) for the first performance, but then we thought giving easy access to the beer tent would be too enticing for an already biased audience, so we switched the signs for the 2nd and 3rd performances. No matter where the signs are, we seem to begetting similar numbers in favour of NAY though: 33 -9, 47 -16, 50-11.
In recognition of the fact that a Fringe audience that has opted to see a play about Communists will approach the material with a heavy bias, we are changing the instructions to the audience: to vote not on your beliefs concerning civil rights, but on which side (the gov’t or the opposition), presents a more compelling and well-argued position in the time allotted. This will actually make this element of the show truer to competitive debating, and hopefully will add some suspense to the exercise.
]]>Seriously, great show team – particularly the Air India monologue is still with me. I can’t wait to see what Praxis has in store for Summerworks.
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