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Social Acupuncture
Darren O´donnell
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Description for Social Acupuncture
Paperback. Includes the full text of the show "A Suicide-Site Guide to the City". This title also contains an essay on the waning significance of theatre and the notion of civic engagement and social interaction as an aesthetic. Num Pages: 112 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 133 x 14. Weight in Grams: 226.
Theatre doesn't have much relevance anymore. Or so acclaimed playwright Darren O'Donnell tells us. The dynamics of unplanned social interaction, he says, are far more compelling than any play he could produce. So his latest show, A Suicide-Site Guide to the City, isn't really a show; it's an interactive chitchat about memory, depression, and 9/11, a dazzling whirl of talking streetcars, pizza and schizophrenia. And it's hilarious. O'Donnell's artistic practice has evolved into 'something as close to hanging out as you can come and still charge admission.' With his theatre company, Mammalian Diving Reflex, O'Donnell has generated a series ... Read more
Theatre doesn't have much relevance anymore. Or so acclaimed playwright Darren O'Donnell tells us. The dynamics of unplanned social interaction, he says, are far more compelling than any play he could produce. So his latest show, A Suicide-Site Guide to the City, isn't really a show; it's an interactive chitchat about memory, depression, and 9/11, a dazzling whirl of talking streetcars, pizza and schizophrenia. And it's hilarious. O'Donnell's artistic practice has evolved into 'something as close to hanging out as you can come and still charge admission.' With his theatre company, Mammalian Diving Reflex, O'Donnell has generated a series ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Coach House Books
Number of pages
112
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
Weight
227g
Number of Pages
112
Place of Publication
Toronto, Canada
ISBN
9781552451700
SKU
V9781552451700
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About Darren O´donnell
Darren O'Donnell is a writer, award-winning director, actor, Dora-winning set designer and the artistic director of Mammalian Diving Reflex. His theatre credits include A Suicide-Site Guide to the City, White Mice, [boxhead], Who Shot Jacques Lacan?, Over and Mercy! He organizes the Talking Creature, an ongoing social experiment on the art of conversing with strangers, and Diplomatic Immunities, in which ... Read more
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