Texts from the Nos do Morro writing workshops were presented to an audience in Vidigal, Rio.The evening was dedicated to the memory of Noel Greig, a good friend, who has been an inspiration to me and many others, particularly in the field of new writing. A passage from his book Playwriting, was translated into Portuguese and read to the audience.
"To be part of an audience at a live drama is an opportunity to experience the critical or self-conscious dimension to our shared existence. Gathering together to witness a performance, we are celebrating our ability - our need - to reflect on the conditions that make (or unmake) us human. Private concerns are made public; the invisible is made visible... The little scene written and performed in the classroom may pass off in an afternoon and never be heard of again. The new play written by one author and presented on the stage of a national theatre may pass into the canon of great, universal works. But as events that bring us together and connect us with each other they are equal."
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