The prospect is
tantalising. “A group of actors and dancers meet on stage and begin the show
with a short conversation about… Well, we don’t know yet. Each night it will be
a different conversation – just an ordinary pre-show chat like [the audience
themselves might have] – and this conversation will form the basis of the
rather surprising performance that follows.”
Conversation Piece is a mad idea by
any standard. By its very nature, every single performance of its three-week
run is going to be different, unique, irreplicable; the very best example of an
act of theatre – lost into the ether, contained only within the memories of its
participants.
It’s also a
wonderful show.
