We expect theatre to entertain, stir emotions and provoke thought. Show how ‘Diving for Pearls’ meets these expectations.

‘Diving for Pearls’ by Katherine Thomson investigates the effect of diverse social and economic change on the lives of ordinary people. As expected of good theatre, ‘Diving for Pearls’ entertains, stirs emotion and provokes thought particularly through the use of relationships between characters, humour, physical and emotional pain and the use of symbols and sound. In many ways, the success of ‘Diving for Pearls’ is particularly due to its ability to unite public issues to …showed first 75 words of 1140 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1140 total…lives with Den or never recovers from the situation. On the whole, ‘Diving for Pearls’ meets the expectations perceived of the theatre, that it should entertain, stir emotions and provoke thought. It leaves us to ponder the limits that should be placed on big business – whether economic and social changes are a satisfactory reason to reform large organisations, more than often leading to the retrenchment of workers and hence the disruptions of hundreds of families.