6.2

Directors Vision of how I would direct the play of Gotcha.

 

If I was to direct my own version of the play of Gotcha I think I would really highlight the idea that the character of Kid is very lonely and feels very isolated, and all of the things that he does in the play like, lock them in the storeroom and threaten to kill them and come onto Lynne is a cry for attention and love as he is not getting it at home. I think it is important that the audience understand that this play is not just about a troublesome child doing bad stuff, yet a way of telling the audience that not everyone is just bad that there are reasons too. This can be shown through the time set of the play, made clear by the music playing, and the links in the text to the context of the play like maybe the character of Kid having a possible learning difficulty yet in the 70's he would just be labelled as 'bad'. To get this message across to the audience I would get the character of Kid to add a lot of depth into his lines, by delivering them with a lot of different emotions, by jumping from one to the other. I would also put a single sharply focused spot light on the character of Kid when he is delivering his anecdotes about his life and family, this would make it clear to an audience that the character of Kid is feeling very isolated and doing this for attention.