Show me a stage curtain and my heart pit-a-pats with anticipation. They’re a rarer sight nowadays, but if I’m sat in front of some plush red folds before an opera or ballet, I’ll stare and stare throughout the overture, alert for every telltale twitch, jiggling with longing for the curtain to rise and the show to begin. Is a curtain – that fabric lodged in the fabric of the building – a prop? … [Read more...]
David Jays on theatre and dance
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