The Realist school of acting :)

He slashed himself with a knife for real on stage. The audience loved it and applauded him. Actor and audience performance? Touche. Before you know someone will go ask him for a signed autograph spilled with his blood and auction it on eBay. Touche Memorial. With the move of a knife he just pioneered a) the realist school of acting b) the fast road to acting fame c) the too sick for sick leave guild d) the no volunteers to replace the lunatic, please! e) a knife-sharp increase in actors' life insurance premiums and f) a critics debate as to whether the play falls under genres 'Live Horror' or 'Noh Harakiri'. He also succeeded in keeping a theater fully booked by staying alive inspiring the next season's blockbuster play titled "We'll let him die this time...satisfaction guaranteed or his throat back". Touche Grand! Granted!!

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The audience's thoughts

An experimental idea for a theater play. The audience sits on stage and the actors are scattered sitting in the audience seats. The spotlight shines on the actors who perform the play about an audience's thoughts during a play, talking out loud, reciting or discussing them with the person sitting next to them. The real audience is on stage and watches what is going in the minds of that imaginary audience which could be them. It be interesting to record the real audience on video and study their reactions. Are they different, perhaps more engaging and forthcoming? Does sitting on stage, the space where actors usually perform, have an effect on audience behavior?

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