Tears in Rain
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Recovering the Lost Memories of an Amateur Theatre
"All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain.” Rutger Hauer’s words at the end of Blade Runner sum up the nature of theatre, both amateur and professional. Unlike film or television, theatre is an art form of the moment. The performance hopefully lives in the memory, but there it stays. And the day will come when the actors, director, crew and audience have all gone under the hill, and the memories are lost forever.Yet humans crave heritage. If we have no history, we create myths: Adam & Eve, Romulus & Remus, Arthur & Guinevere, Ant & Dec (the last pair might actually have existed). Accordingly, every theatre has an archive of sorts, although some are more organised than others. Photos are taken and, more recently, videos and DVDs are recorded (if one ignores the rules of Samuel French [Concord Theatricals] and Nick Hern Books, as many do). These mementos are tucked away in drawers, on shelves and in boxes and cupboards, while digital photos are kept on hard drives... and easily lost.Continue reading
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