Theatre in the Raw

Tonight I experienced theatre which was so raw and real that I am still reeling as though drunk. Remember that deep experience when you first took a risk to share the deepest part of you and you looked up into the eyes of another person and found a soul who felt just as lost and alone? And suddenly neither of you are alone.

That happened tonight. For a few short hours we stripped away the pretences and revealed our fears and our failings. And scenes emerged which were so compelling and so true and so real – an estranged father and daughter, a couple struggling to work through their differences, two friends finding each other again in their common flaws.

I watched my friends become completely different people and work at a level rarely attained. I want those hours back again. I want to experience again the miracle of life born of such simple fare. Actor. Audience.