Is Rich II at BAM micced?

[Julie Yard]

Posted: 4/29/16 at 6:44pm

I've been enjoying the Shakespeare Kings cycle plays at the Harvey theater. In Richard II, David Tennent plays a scene where he is laying on the floor, almost talking to the floor, and I heard every word up in that high balcony. I assumed it was that great actor thing of knowing how to project your voice, but now it seems impossible. There were moments I felt sound coming from behind me, but not during that scene. I've been puzzling over this for days, and thought someone here might have seen it and know. Thanks.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[JBroadway]

Posted: 4/29/16 at 7:37pm

Haven't seen it, but yes I imagine they probably did have microphones.

[HogansHero]

Posted: 4/29/16 at 11:11pm

don't know but I doubt sound makes it to the gallery on its own. (It was a movie theater, ya know)

[LarryD2]

Posted: 5/2/16 at 8:18am

With very few exceptions (like Mark Rylance, who refuses to perform with any kind of amplification), nearly all theater is amplified in some way these days. Most straight plays use floor mics on the stage; however, it's rare for plays to use body mics. I haven't seen RICHARD II, but I would imagine that at the very least, the stage is plugged.

[HogansHero]

Posted: 5/2/16 at 9:19am

any theatre with an assisted listening system of necessity has mics. Whether it has speakers is another matter. 

[nasty_khakis]

Posted: 5/2/16 at 9:32am

LarryD2 said: "With very few exceptions (like Mark Rylance, who refuses to perform with any kind of amplification), nearly all theater is amplified in some way these days."

This is even more remarkable when I remember how, well, quietly and softly he spoke in Boeing Boeing and I was able to understand every single word from that dreadful Lyceum balcony. 

[neonlightsxo]

Posted: 5/2/16 at 11:21am

I don't think the actors have mics (or rather, don't have speakers). The sound did not sound amplified from the gallery.

[NotTheComfyChair]

Posted: 5/2/16 at 11:28am

I saw it in Stratford (UK) and it wasn't miked.

Is there a sound reinforcement system at BAM to fill the acoustic holes? I haven't noticed one but wasn't looking.  If there is such as system, I would think that they may use floor mics - but probably not body mics.

[Phantom of London]

Posted: 5/2/16 at 11:36am

The RSC are the last bastion not to use mic's, which works in Stratford as it is a thrust stage, but annoying else well.

[KCW]

Posted: 5/2/16 at 5:47pm

It's the RSC and operas that don't mike these days. Sadly.