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Thursday, 25 September 2008 Primer. All live performance is a passing away of time and the body: this dying is the primer, the medium, upon which all theatrical and performative activity is imposed; in its wake nothing, mere memory that fades and dies away as well. It is at the heart of all live performance; in common with the performer the audience is passing away also, decaying, bodies experiencing the curse of time together. But then: what does one say, what does one imagine, what does one see (anew), what sounds does one make and can be heard, what stain upon the silence, what other kind of life emerges. Something towards ecstasy, in common, and recognition, in common, and a new way of looking at the world in common, new avenues of imagination, perception and possibility. A drama that attracts those who share those elective affinities. Theatre's only conceivable relevance and vitality lie in this acceptance and revelation ... |