Based on previous Chapter performances, Chapter Theatre Programmer James Tyson outlines what audiences can expect from PME-ART this year.
“PME-ART are quite generous masters of presenting a situation which might seem like it has no organisation or structure to it but which, if you stay with it, you realise it becomes the start of a very subtle series of changes in terms of how they create a room, how they speak to the audience, how they create a performance where, as an audience you feel very much that you are being addressed and in the way they ask you to think as well.”
PME-ART’s Hospitality 3: Individualism was a Mistake takes place at Chapter Arts Centre, Canton on 1 November at 8.00pm. More information on the performance is available on the Chapter website and background on PME-ART itself on its official website.
Chapter hosts performance where collaboration is key
Traditionally, it is the audience who are expected to sit back and watch, while the performers dictate the action onstage.
However, theatregoers at Chapter Arts Centre are set to find their position as spectators redefined as Canadian art collective PME-ART’s Hospitality 3: Individualism was a Mistake breaks down the barriers between performer and audience.
Upon entering the theatre, audiences are asked to write down answers to a series of provocative questions, which are then answered through various artistic approaches, from storytelling to live musical performances.
This is PME-ART’s fourth performance at Chapter since 2000, with Chapter Theatre Programmer James Tyson adding, “we’ve seen the company develop their work in these past 10 years so it’s good to have been part of that journey with them.”
Based on previous Chapter performances, Chapter Theatre Programmer James Tyson outlines what audiences can expect from PME-ART this year.
“PME-ART are quite generous masters of presenting a situation which might seem like it has no organisation or structure to it but which, if you stay with it, you realise it becomes the start of a very subtle series of changes in terms of how they create a room, how they speak to the audience, how they create a performance where, as an audience you feel very much that you are being addressed and in the way they ask you to think as well.”
PME-ART’s Hospitality 3: Individualism was a Mistake takes place at Chapter Arts Centre, Canton on 1 November at 8.00pm. More information on the performance is available on the Chapter website and background on PME-ART itself on its official website.