Thursday, July 20, 2006
where's the meat?
the problems we encountered with the spaces we saw today (four) were negotiating content versus aesthetic.
how we end up dealing with the five different venues (over two weeks) is more a question of whether or not we prioritize dealing with the individual spaces or create one version of the show that can be put in each. if that sounds confusing, think about the conversation we had today at the theatre forum space. imagine the biggest problem is about performing site-specifically in a "real" theatre space is that the real theatre space isn't an environment. it's a theatre. suddenly if you put it onstage, the performance is dominated.
funny enough, a real theatre is something we didn't expect.