The Elephant in the Room

Elephant in the Room is my position paper for my final year of my bachelor's degree. It is a theatre piece created with a 360 camera, set on the stage of an absurd late-night show. The special guest is a stuffed elephant toy. The show is interrupted by an anonymous hacker who is clearly a Grotowski fanatic, warning the audience to stop watching this hybrid spectacle—a conglomerate without backbone or integrity that presents itself as an organic artwork.

The piece showcases my research into various theatre theorists and the cult-like mentality theatre can adopt. It documents the process of producing a site-specific performance in a foreign country, with the pandemic interfering. It is a self-reflective piece about my time in theatre and a dialogue/negotiation with myself.