For the first part of Love Song no words are spoken, just music playing in the background as an elderly man walks around on stage. Even though nothing is said it is still very effective as the tension is built up until you hear him speak. I found the first few words very strange as he speaks about his teeth which I found very confusing for the first words of the play but it definitely allows you to want to keep watching. Throughout the play you are constantly taken in and want to keep watching to find out more.
When watching Love Song you really feel the connections between the actors as if they were actually in love with each other. Which is what you need, you need the audience to be able to feel the emotions and connections between the character's in order for them to believe it. There was also a lot of naturalism throughout the play for example when the younger couple argued about getting a loan and the fact the women wanted kids but the man didn't and then they find out they can't have kids.
I like that the play flicked between the past and present, by using the older couple for the present and their younger selves for the past. The way they flicked between the two couples was very good as well because they would cross cut so you were still able to understand everything that was going on. The use of the bed and wardrobe to help switch between the couples was very inventive in my opinion. The way that they also used the present couple to link back to their past selves was great to. For example when the present couple started cleaning everything out and then spoke about how they had done this many times before but never actually thrown anything out. Then their younger selves come on stage and start cleaning it out and your slowly see the older couple making there way off stage but it's all very good because they don't just walk off it happens it a very natural way. For example the younger women might have a conversation with the younger man but because the older man is still on stage we see her having a conversation with him which I find very clever.
I find the play itself very emotional because you find out the women can't have kids and then her older self is slowly dying. The older couple are also very lonely and talk about selling the house because the women doesn't want the man living there on his own once she has passed. I think the dance sequences make the play very moving and the music helps set the atmosphere very well. The dance sequence I like the most is the one on the bed where it starts off with the older couple but then it all moves around and the younger couple come in one at a time and join in. Then after the younger couple leave by going through the little door that's actually on the bed and leaving the older couple there and then a video plays on the screen.
My favorite part of the play I would have to say is the ending because it sums everything up and I just love how it's all set out. With the younger couple on the floor and the older couple on the bed behind them with the music playing in the background. Then they all say "And on that night" in cannon starting off with the older couple. After they've all said that line the younger man says "And on that night, they were playing our song" which is the very last line. I love that ending scene because it sums everything up and you understand why it's called Love Song, it's just brilliant.
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