Performing to a rapt audience, one patron at a time
By Felicia R. Lee | The New York Times | Updated: 2010-08-08 07:40
One-on-one theater has gained momentum in Europe. Two scenes from "You Me Bum Bum Train," which was staged at a festival of one-person-audience shows in London last month. Photographs by Sam Trotman and Neil Kite |
You move from room to room in a mansion, experiencing acts of kindness - like being gently led in a ballroom dance or receiving a hand massage. Or, blindfolded, you set out on a journey in five segments with different themes: you can remove the blindfold at any point, but that's where the journey ends. Or perhaps you wander through an Old World hotel as employees tell their stories and ask you questions in turn.
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