A Split Second of Paradise

Written By Julian Maynard Smith
 
 

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.

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

  • The Midland Group, Nottingham; Acme Studios, London

    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 Festival, Basel; The Place Theatre, London

    Commissioned by The Midland Group, 1985
    Supported by Artangel. 1986

 
 
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