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| Epic Lighting |
| The lighting director in Epic theatre needs to abandon the idea of hiding sources of light to achieve a mysterious effect to draw the audience into the action. Brecht flooded the stage with 'harsh white light', regardless of where the action was taking place and leaving the stage lamps in full view of the audience. Obvious lighting constantly reminds the audience they are watching a play. |
| Epic Director |
| An Epic director decides the blocking for the actor, which is done not for formal beauty. Brecht wanted directors to block so it clarifies the structure of the human relationships in the play. Brecht wanted to use everything on the stage to make the audience develop a more critical attitude. |
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| Epic composer |
| The composer in Epic theatre is very important as Brecht intentionally interrupts the action at 'key junctures', with songs to get the message across. The composer should express his ideas of the plays themes independently and provide a seperate comment on the action about themes and ideas. Music helps distance the audience by not reinforcing the text but to provide a counterpoint to the action on the stage. The words and tunes clash which draws atention to the words. In 'Mother' Elif sings a war song to a lively beat, this contradiction makes the audience think. |
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