Dear Alison,
Your message to Peter may not have been intended for the list, but I am very
glad you sent it there.
There is no point in you reading at rfh and svp... certainly if you do the
same thing
[The thing about Heller is that tho his work is varied he always does a
range; and it feels the same... I invite him back because he is so good at
what he does and what I see as his historical importance]
I was going to pursue with you what you might do at svp later; but let's do
it now
svp is supposedly _cutting edge_. Personally I think the term's meaningless,
not in itself but in terms of the model it proposes
I'm on record as slamming _experimental_
I can't define it and after 7 years it has to be mine - I can no longer
attribute it to Gilbert
Risk, formal experimentation, performance experimentation, attention to
sound and visual
& I try to extend that, to make people about the range of risk and the
range of experimentation which are possible
So perhaps we can flog you on the basis that at the rfh you will give to
caesar and at svp you will give to... er
But here is thought. You may not know that I also have a series, about to
begin - 19th Mar - at Camden People's Theatre (just acrossEuston Rd from
Warren St) where there is cd and md and cassette playback, lighting (if it
has to be changed in the performance we have to pay o'time but I'll do that
if we have to) + seating of 60 which can be raked or in the round etc
Only thing is that I would like you to use the space in some way - i.e. to
do something that you can't do in the tiny space of Betsey - room for you to
stand or sit, but no room to move about and no tech . This comes from me -
for years people have been saying that svp space does not permit them to do
all they want - and from the Artistic Director of cpt.... He doesn't want a
poetry reading poetry reading
The deal there is the same but different. Over a certain number the poets
get the bulk of the gate... we're still working out the formula [you're
unlikely to get £50 tho it's not impossible so we'd need to use the donor
idea
So in one way or another I'd like to know we can differentiate between rfh
and svp
If I can persuade you to make a 30 - 40 min piece for camden (you have time,
yes you do) - or bring one you may have - that'll be great
Lawrence
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