So many thoughts and at the same time – almost none. I left this theater feeling genuinely so confused / uncomfortable / troubled? It was a very strange two hours. Overall, I just felt like there wasn’t much of a story or an impact. I am not a believer that every single shows goal is …
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Master or Meh: My Most Hated Play So Far
If you are my Nana you might wanna skip this one. I have many thoughts on this adaptation of The Master Builder… almost none of them are good. To begin, I would like to mention a few things I did enjoy: costuming, lighting, stage design. It would be unfair to negate the great work of …
The? My? Master Builder
On Wednesday, our class had the chance to see My Master Builder at the Wyndham Theater. I have quite a few critics of the show, so I think I’ll start with what I loved the most, which was the costume design. Obviously, when we see theater at this level, every choice is going to be …
My Un-Masterful Builder
My Master Builder is playwright Lila Raicek’s modern twist on Ibsen’s classic piece The Master Builder. The production I saw was at Wyndham’s Theatre on the West End directed by Michael Grandage. While I had high hopes coming into it, especially after seeing a wonderful adaptation earlier this week of The Curious Case of Benjamin …
The Gnomeo and Juliet of Ibsen
My master builder has been one of the most entertaining yet most flawed I have seen so far in our study abroad. In broad strokes, it felt like an early 2000’s movie adaptation of a play, where they kind of forget a lot of the symbolism, and just focus on getting key plot points and …
Beautiful Blue Blunder
My experience at the Wyndham’s Theater production of My Master Builder was eventful. That is, until the show started. On that, there is not much to say. MMB did not blow me away, but it did not incur a wild fury that burned inside me either. It just sort of… was. That is not to …
My Excuse to Talk About Les Mis
Hey guys. As you can tell by the title of this blog post, it’s about Les Miserables. Bad news though…I didn’t take a picture of the painting I related to the show. I know, I know. That was my one job. I just spent twenty plus minutes combing through a seven hour YouTube tour of …
Bathing in History: A Day Among the Romans
Walking through Bath felt like stepping back in time in ancient history and seeing all the amazing architecture. Our visit to the Roman Baths and the Pump Room was such a great experience not only was it beautiful and historical, it was also such a great learning experience. I loved how the little phone told …
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My Master Builder :(
I’ll cut straight to the point and say I did not like this play. Which is rather unfortunate, because I was excited to see this. I chose to do my scene analysis on this play during our first week of class because I was fascinated by the character Halvard Solness and his obvious narcissistic tendencies. …
A Master Builder in Need of Repair
Oh boy, My Master Builder, where do I start. I came into the theatre super excited and ready to watch a great and thrilling story. But that was definitely not the case, it feel so short and was left so sad and confused. This production had some big names and after watching it I left …
Theatre in London U of A 