I feel very close to the darkness, and the way the theatre descends into it, like falling asleep before the dream begins. I usher them into their seats, as they so naively allow their bodies to be put under the influence of story. The similarities to church baffle and compel me, but the differences are stark. I would usher them into church, too, and they would sit under the bright lights and hug their neighbour and stand to sing together. They’d participate in a soaring coming-together of purpose with the performance, before settling in to be fed. Always that same word – fed. Fed the ideas
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