Exploring Tolkien text

In language of theatre we had been put into groups where we were told to begin exploring a booklet of text , picking out parts which stood out to us. My group choose this paragraph ,

All that is gold does not glitter,

Not all those who wander are lost;

The old that is strong does not wither,

Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

From the ashes a fire shall be woken,

A light from the shadows shall spring;

Renewed shall be blade that was broken,

The crown less again shall be king 

We all thought that this short poem said a lot about Enlgand in terms of its past and future. We thought about the taboo of treatment of people with mental disorders , control of people and people who are seen to be strange being prosecuted.  We were creating a total theatre piece and thought it would be interesting to keep a sense of ambiguity. We used a lot of torturous scenes with emphasis on physicality and noise. A particually powerful moment to this piece is where I am struggling on a chair that i am being tied to. I am marked insane and am forced medication against my will. As a group we discussed this moment and the audience found t particularly attention grabbing. 

When watching the other groups performances we saw an interesting concept. Charlie's group used darkness and a light box in the centre of the room. We were told before we went into the room to take our own journeys and that we could be as close or as ar from the actors just like punch drunks work. This was really interesting , everybody had a unique amazing experience. We then began to look into what it would be like to enocouporate this into the whole piece . On discussion we decided that we wanted to create non promenade theatre and have each audience have their individual journeys. We tried putting all of our pieces together and were told it worked really well. The challenge will be volume levels and retaining clarity. Yet by using this type of theatre we are creating a unique very experimental experience for the audience .