London Tides swept me away

Today we saw London Tide, an amazing musical performance at the Nation Theatre. Everything about this play was amazing to witness. The technical aspects were enchanting and the way they manipulated the theatrical elements was fantastic. The lighting was amazing the way they kept parts of the stage lit while also giving the actors the perfect amount of lighting to highlight what the audience was supposed to see while also keeping the rest of the stage in a dramatic shadow. The way they used the electricals moving them up and down and even having someone hang off of them was amazing. The stage movement and blocking was also incredible to see. I’ve never seen the stage itself move before and was amazed when they used it to show off the incredible blocking during the dances and scenes. Every movement of the blocking was instrumental to the story and the way they always utilized the entire space while keeping so much of the stage open was brilliant. The costumes looked amazing the way each one could let you instantly know the social status of characters as well done. I also greatly enjoyed their use of scenery such as the large wooden pillars on the sides of the stage and the way they navigated through them while also using them as things such as a coat rack. The amazing quality of the sound left me immersed within the world of the story for the whole production. They paid so much attention to detail within the sound work that several times I didn’t notice background sound such as waves crashing or a light breeze was playing until they stopped for a transition or music number. All in all London Tides was an amazing experience that I would recommend everyone to try and see as it was damn near if not the peak of Technical perfection in theater.