LIFE

The Physicists defies gravity

Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 05/06/2014

» Nothing about The Physicists seemed promising. The play, an adaptation of Friedrich Dürrenmatt’s Die Physiker, was staged at GOJA Gallery Café in Phra Kanong and finished its run last Monday. There is an obvious reason for it not being staged in a proper theatre — the place is but a small two-block gallery where actors ran outside when they finished their parts while those who were yet to come out were hiding in a tiny bathroom. The light and sound control team took over the barista’s area. Seats for the audience were awkwardly arranged around the room as leaning on the wall was not advised after some art on display fell and one of the audience members had to pay for it. All this, personally, didn’t bode well for either the quality or the seriousness of the production. But I was quite wrong.