Black light theatre

The term black light theater refers to a special form of theater play, in acting in a completely darkened room or on a stage.

The only light source used black light lamps or tubes (UV light with a wavelength of about 365 nanometers ), which only bring white or neon colored objects or clothing to lamps and thus make it appear visible to the audience. Black color, however, is "swallowed ", which has the consequence that players dressed in black stay invisible in this light. In this way, amazing effects and illusions can be created: objects (or people) seem to float, appear or disappear suddenly.

Thus, the black light theater in its purest form a kind of pantomime theater represents the actors speak but no text convey action and emotion solely through body language, gestures and facial expressions. A pronounced facial expression is in black light theater difficult to achieve, however, because neon-colored make-up does not radiate in rich colors or is there also often worked with masks, glow in the black light. An extended form of black light theater represents the Black Theatre, in which the black-clad players in the so-called light streets "normal" actors appear.

A representative of the contemporary black light theater is the The Black Divadlo ( Black Theatre ) - Hoidekr Interactive Light Theatre ( HILT ) by Theodor Hoidekr in Prague.

Others

Black light theater is " only two-dimensional", ie surface objects and objects must always be moved as parallel as possible to the edge of the stage. Even dressed in black players may never move before persons who have come or objects, as they are visible against the white or neon background otherwise, and thereby destroy the desired illusion. A fairly weak low beam which is radiated from the edge of the stage here on the viewers also essential so that the audience can perceive no shape outline of what would be detrimental to the illusion.