A Split Second of Paradise
Photo by Rob Harris
Five bodies and hundreds of breeze blocks come together in a rapidly evolving architectural procession - the building and rebuilding of historical tableaux, from the story of Genesis to depictions of modern man. Sheer physical endeavour and slap stick humour contribute to this analogy of materialism and of human ambition, achievement and collapse.
Commissioned by The Midland Group, Nottingham. Supported by Artangel, the British Council and the Tate Gallery's Patrons of New Art.
with Pascal Brannan, Julian Maynard Smith, Jo Miles, Miranda Payne, Jennifer Turpin, Alison Urquhart
and Niki Jewett, Jennifer Turpin
"Leave your prejudices about acting and theatre at home and experience the shock of the new."
City Limits
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The Midland Group, Nottingham; Acme Studios, London; The Place Theatre, London 1985
Venice Biennale; Amsterdam Summer Festival/ Veemtheater; Lisbon Festival; tour to Warsaw, Gdansk and Posnan; Valladolid Festival; Petofi Hall, Budapest; Pecs, Hungary; Eurokaz Festival, Zagreb; Keep It Simple, Basel. 1986
