I am struggling to start this; I know what I want to say but I don't know where to begin. Is it important that I give you some background? Do I need to become objective and present an argument from both sides so that you understand why this has happened?
I'm not going to.
The Studio Theatre has been pulled down, this isn't strictly true; The Studio Theatre has moved and is alive but there is a corpse that has been standing as a soulless reminder of a body that was once full of life, I know that soon all that will remain will be dust and memories.
I fell in love at The Studio Theatre (I want a T-shirt stating that), I fell in love with performances by Stacy Makishi, Peggy Shaw, Third Angel and others that I remember vividly but cannot place their names. I fell in love with the sensation of being in that space, sharing it with people who shared similar interests, open and unguarded I fell in love with my partner during a season there.
Endings are always linked with beginnings, today has been bleak for many artists in loosing funding and as The Studio Theatre H-block building physicalises our losses, I think of funerals and the idea of coming together at a time of loss. I hope that this will be the response that we as artists take.
I find myself lost for words, I guess i just really wanted to say goodbye to that space.
