I am going to talk to Peter Brook in Paris on 7 May 2014. For people who have studied theatre, this is something very special. The man once wrote a very clear and manageable booklet that is on the shelf of all theatre people: The Empty Space. But he was also the director of performances where more people attended than there were ever seats. In other words. At parties, daring or being able to say that you have been at a performance in Les Bouffes Du Nord been, or nine hours in a quarry near Avignon sat, a way to rise in everyone's esteem. He directed Shakespeare's 'Tempest' many times during his career, as he kept failing to find the right tone to give full credit to this play. All those performances, by the way, were wonderful, indispensable and totally different.
Peter Brook is already a legend before he dies, and that's given to few. Now he is 89. Not even fragile, still vital. He is coming to the Holland Festival and I get to go and see his performance 'The Valley of Astonishment'. Maybe the last show he ever makes, but maybe not.
I get to speak to Peter Brook the day after, and so I'm already worried about that.
[Tweet "What do you ask someone whose work you have always considered a bible?"]What do you ask of a god? Am I coming out of my words at all? And what are the other two journalists going to ask, who are present at the interview? Do I have to be the smartest? The dumbest?
Time to bring you in. What would you like to know about Peter Brook? What would you ask him if you could interview him? Ask your question in the comments below, and I'll see if I dare to ask it. And whether my colleagues will let me ask it.
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Can theatre change the world?
Chaos or emptiness? Where does it start?
If there is talk of rediscovering empty spaces, which one is he in now?
If there is talk of rediscovering empty spaces, which one is he in now? RT @culturepress:1 question to Peter Brook what will you ask?
In this technocratic world inundated by new media, isn't it becoming increasingly difficult to feel momentum at a theatre performance? What exactly makes someone decide to go see a theatre performance, do you also feel that that relationship with the audience has become more rigid? How should the theatre-maker constructively handle these changes?
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What do you ask someone whose work you have always considered a bible? http://t.co/1q1BvdrHgo via @culturepress
On the list, Fred Luiten. Is, in fact, quite a good one.
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RT @culturepress: You get to ask 1 question to theatre legend Peter Brook, what will you ask? http://t.co/sujIOMgcbN
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