(photo by Tristan Jeanne-Valles)
Lots of F/X not a lot of effect
by Chad Dembski
I can’t remember ever being given a pair of 3-D glasses before going into a live theatre experience. Of course now it is common for there to be at least one or two Hollywood films at any given multi-plex that offer a 3-D experience version of the film but it has rarely crossed over into live theatre. I sat in great anticipation wondering what kind of amazing special effects would be hitting in a few minutes. Le Recours Aux Forêts starts quite slowly with an entrance of four performers who wear all black and stand in front of large microphones and speak all of their poetic and philosophical text from pages in front of them. They are expressionless and speak either in pairs or solo and switch quickly between the two female and two male voices.
