ABSTRACT
Foreman instructed him to raise both hands in the air on cue, as if announcing something of ritualistic significance. In the manifestos, Foreman uses different vocabulary when talking about 'the holy', but he is clearly referring to the same basic idea. He calls it, variously, 'what is really happening', 'the world-as-it-is' and 'the real part of the event'. The use of the term 'hysterical' in that description is partly a reference, of course, to the name of Foreman's company: Ontological-Hysteric. Foreman's stages are littered with objects and visual elements that are not necessarily referenced in the text, but which create a strong sense of atmosphere and place. Yet the written texts by themselves, even without the highly theatrical stagings that Foreman gives them, are engaging, intelligent and provocative works, exploring a broad range of philosophical and ontological ideas and conveying genuine insights.
