ABSTRACT

At the premiere, not a single person moves. They are all insiders. Too close for comfort. They are not here to build a commune. They are the commune. No wonder nothing new grows here. The superego knows perfectly how to deal with the titillation. It’s all in the head. In the tension between the impossibility and the potential. In the hypothesis that other minds think alike. The protocol keeps evolving. The fear, at first, is that the audience may be overwhelming in their attempts to reach the actors. They can ruin the whole show by staying on the stage and demanding to be included. So, the ushers need to act quickly and very firmly. After a few shows the authors realise they were wrong—the spectators are usually quite timid and unsure if this is the right thing to do.