Fly By Night: Reflections

 Fly By Night

The play was an extremely entertaining experience, which also highlighted the use of good staging and effective pacing. The beginning scene immediately lured the audience in due to two factors: the character of the ‘aunty’ being an extremely loveable character with exuberant physicality and the transition between the scenes where the boxes are piled up in front of her little window, excellently transitioning to the next scene. The contrast of a scene with a lower energy and pace with a higher one effectively kept audience members captivated, (for eg. bustling cafe vs two people at a table after cafe closes). The major learning I received from the play was the importance of structure and effective placement of comedic relief (in this case in form of monologues) while still  and driving the plot forward and developing characters.