Chorus 2 - Wonder Is Man

This chorus follows the first guard scene in which I, as my other role as the guard, explain to Creon that someone has buried the body of Polynesis and therefore breaking his new law. It is very dramatic but the cities people aren't quite involved in this issue yet. The chorus dialogue here is describing the land and how man has wondered it, but we will never fully understand it, and it depicts some of the harsh but wonderful aspects of nature.
As there are 10 of us, and 5 verses, we split into pairs and took one each. We wanted to keep this chorus simple to contrast with the previous one, so we decided tat starting from the trench would be perfect, and we walk to the centre of the stage, deliver our lines to the audience and walk through them to the back of the seating at the top of the hill. Then for the final two lines of the last verse, we all walk back to the stage through the audience again and come together, before returning to the trench around the stage. Using direct address to deliver our lines makes the audience connect with the chorus more as we are seen as a relatable device which the audience can connect with as we help with the narrative. Also, moving through them immerses them in the production more and allows us to use traditional staging to its full potential.
I was paired with Holly, and we had the 3rd verse. We decided to split the part evenly saying alternate lines, this creates a slightly more intimate atmosphere as the lines are more even.