¿Te duele?

This was the final play of the festival our drama group had been attending during the week, it was in the San Marcos university campus, FAR FAR AWAY.

The play began with a married couple who got into their new house and set up a boxing ring with christmas lights, this is the main metaphor throughout the play, marriage is a boxing match because of an abusive husband. (This metaphor, although used many times, I'v never seen been interpreted in a play before.)
What i really liked about this play is that it had a concept and it was different, i loved the unrapping of the furniture and the way they showed the audience how the couple had children. I think they were very creative in the aspects of scenery, props, etc. The acting was also quite good but what really stood out was the physical work. The actors were so much in control of their bodies, which is one of the things every actor needs to master. The way the actor carried the bride around the stage and she managed to stay perfectly still and stiff was incredible, the way in which they slept was my favourite part because not only does it show the precense of skill but confidence in your fellow actor which is also something every actor needs.

I also think, even though they had an almost metaphoric approach to domestic abuse, they were spot on on what was domestic abuse.

Despite its tremendous effort on physical work, the play was not perfect, i think it started rather slow (some people fell asleep) and the parts when there wasn't any strong actions i just can't remember, that cannot be a good thing can it? i think they forgot to find a balance that keeps the audience just as entertained when they speak without extreme movement and when they perform fantasticly choreographed actions.

So, on that note, how can we find that balance? and what to do when one of those actions goes wrong in the middle of a performance? how can we appeal to everyone?