Comments on: 10 questions: Kate Cayley http://theatreisterritory.com/2007/07/10-questions-kate-cayley/ Performance. Production. Theory. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:59:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Ian http://theatreisterritory.com/2007/07/10-questions-kate-cayley/comment-page-1/#comment-241 Ian Mon, 30 Jul 2007 14:57:00 +0000 http://theatreisterritory.com/?p=151#comment-241 I saw the Diggers show at Lawrence Heights. What struck me most was how the edges of the performance didn't start and stop with the raising of the curtain, so to speak. From the moment the Stranger Theatre van pulled up and started setting up the food stand, umbrella and stage, the park space came alive for me.<br/><br/>I don't live in that neighbourhood – and I don't want to make assumptions about how locals experienced the event – but from where I stood it was a wonderful and new social engagement with great food and performance.<br/><br/>And Kate's totally right about food enabling conversation in the audience. I found myself engaged in several wonderful and unexpected conversations.<br/><br/>I spent my Sunday afternoon trying to replicate that delicious cabbage soup recipe. I saw the Diggers show at Lawrence Heights. What struck me most was how the edges of the performance didn’t start and stop with the raising of the curtain, so to speak. From the moment the Stranger Theatre van pulled up and started setting up the food stand, umbrella and stage, the park space came alive for me.

I don’t live in that neighbourhood – and I don’t want to make assumptions about how locals experienced the event – but from where I stood it was a wonderful and new social engagement with great food and performance.

And Kate’s totally right about food enabling conversation in the audience. I found myself engaged in several wonderful and unexpected conversations.

I spent my Sunday afternoon trying to replicate that delicious cabbage soup recipe.

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