tale to tale

Artaud. Theatre of Cruelty. I remember doing this back in High School. We got all our classmates and the teachers sat around in a circle (facing outwards) with blind folds on. Whilst we walked in between them with some teenage angst mental monologues. Whilst chucking objects at them and dripping water on them.

Actually I remember we positioned someone under the leaky ceiling, they said how effective it was.

And here I am 11 years later writing a short play in the same style. I wanted to use a normal coversation and add a cacophony of noise and lights as the subtext. This is an old couple meeting up to reconcile, but their inner minds are screaming.

It’s definitely one to watch, unless you have an active imgination and can picture everything whilst reading this might not come across as effective. Anyway here’s my noisey play: 23. Unsaid