As the chaos builds, the fabric should rise higher and higher. Some
sections are lifted by performers using long poles, others by hidden
rigging. The effect must feel like two towering walls taking shape. The
wind machines grow stronger. Sand or lightweight debris swirls across
the stage. The combined effect should make the audience feel the
physical force of the sea being torn apart.
At the height of the storm, everything collapses into sudden stillness. The
music drops into a single sustained chord. Wind falls away. Fog settles
into a low, glowing mist. The towering bolts of fabric now stand still and
vertical, forming shimmering corridors on both sides of the stage. Blue
and white lighting ripples across them to simulate submerged light. The
sea is not calm. It is held.
