ABSTRACT
It is typical of our ways of talking about theatre studies and theories of performance to speak of productions as ephemeral events. The 'fleeting', the 'never-to-be-recaptured', 'the unique moment' somehow does not pertain to the concrete and lasting reality of the work of art, but it occurs only once within the space-time in which performers and audience share one single event. Productions, and also the art of the producer — irrespective of their content and their specific form — need to be perceived. This perception occurs within a horizon of expectations and as an experience of time present. An art of production in the sense of academic study as an art-form does not purport to claim some rough equating of production and recording; it is important that there be no misunderstanding.
