tom patterson theatre
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The Patterson Theatre holds a long thrust stage where no seat is more than 50 feet from the actors. This intimate space, when used by a director who understands it, can create a magical atmosphere. When in the hands of a lesser director (as in this season's "Antony and Cleopatra") it becomes a nightmare. 2/3's of the audience is along the sides of the stage, if a director has his actors play everything forward, the majority of the audience see no faces. But on performances like this year's "Mother Courage" and "King John" where the director really understood the space, the effect is one of actually being in the scene. Too bad the lobby is smaller than the living room in my mother's house. Wait outside before the show, it is much more comfortable.
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The productions are intriguing, innovative and engaging. This is a must in the summer season for any play that is running. Prepare to think.
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This theatre is perfect for the Shakespeare plays that incorporate the audience into the full experience of the action.
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I fell down the steps. What else do you need to know? But other than the steps, the play's the thing, and that's what matters.
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We had tickets for Anthony and Cleopatra. The play was way too long and the seating was difficult to access...narrow steps and aisles - w had to either kneel on top of our seats or move to the stair exit to allow other patrons get to their seats. The performance was okay but difficult to hear the actors depending upon how the actors position themselves in the stage.
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King John is one of Shakespeare's problem plays. In the hands of the festival company this is an engaging, accessible performance. The performances are exceptional. The politics of the plot are complex - the performers make the meaning clear and understandable. Stunning!
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People love the Tom Patterson Theater, I do not. The seats are hard to sit on and there is almost no leg room Everyone between me and the aisle had to leave the row for me to exit. Some call it theater in the round, but it is a thrust stage which means that there are no bad seats for viewing.
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We always enjoy seeing showstopper n this theater where the small size and the thrust stage make the audience feel a part of the action. This was especially true with the performance of King John which we saw.
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This review is primarily about the theater building itself, not the performances. That said, I can't resist writing a bit about the performances as well. We've seen some good ones at the Tom Patterson over the years and some that were not so good. Richard III with Seana McKenna was super a couple of years ago. She was good this year in Mother Courage although Bertolt Brecht doesn't compare well to Shakespeare. Anthony and Cleopatra was okay this year although, as another reviewer noted, it was too long....but that's not the fault of the theater building. What IS the theater's fault is its very inconvenient and uncomfortable seating. The seats are hard to get to and afford little knee room once you've arrived. This building was formerly a badmitten court and still resembles that earlier incarnation. Its metamorphosis into a theater was ill conceived and badly executed. Parking nearby is hit or miss at best. I suppose if you arrive a few hours before curtain time you won't always find the parking spots all taken by patrons of the Kiwanis Community Center which actually shares the other half of same building as the Tom Patterson Theater. But don't count on it. Better to walk there if you can. Physically, this theater is a disgrace to the Stratford Festival and a dishonor to its founder, Tom Patterson, of ever honored memory.
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Chairs were so close together it made you feel almost claustrophbic. Play mother courage was average. Not our kind of play.