Felix Barrett

The mask is utterly critical and without it, it wouldn't work or it'd be something very, very different.

The mask is utterly critical and without it, it wouldn't work or it'd be something very, very different.

The mask is utterly critical and without it, it wouldn't work or it'd be something very, very different.

they're faceless, they're anonymous. So there's that sort of, that normal relationship between performer and audience is completely ground down. The first time I tried it, a middle-aged lady came and apologised to me afterwards and said, I'm so sorry, I put the mask on. I found myself being very rude. I was getting too close to the performers. I even touched one at one point. I'm so sorry.

they're faceless, they're anonymous. So there's that sort of, that normal relationship between performer and audience is completely ground down. The first time I tried it, a middle-aged lady came and apologised to me afterwards and said, I'm so sorry, I put the mask on. I found myself being very rude. I was getting too close to the performers. I even touched one at one point. I'm so sorry.

they're faceless, they're anonymous. So there's that sort of, that normal relationship between performer and audience is completely ground down. The first time I tried it, a middle-aged lady came and apologised to me afterwards and said, I'm so sorry, I put the mask on. I found myself being very rude. I was getting too close to the performers. I even touched one at one point. I'm so sorry.

And you must have said, thank you. I was like, thank you, because I didn't even realise how... powerful it was but she felt compelled to do it because the mask had given her that freedom and as soon as it came off she remembered who she was and where she was the mask does seem to embolden people well i did something i wasn't supposed to do

And you must have said, thank you. I was like, thank you, because I didn't even realise how... powerful it was but she felt compelled to do it because the mask had given her that freedom and as soon as it came off she remembered who she was and where she was the mask does seem to embolden people well i did something i wasn't supposed to do

And you must have said, thank you. I was like, thank you, because I didn't even realise how... powerful it was but she felt compelled to do it because the mask had given her that freedom and as soon as it came off she remembered who she was and where she was the mask does seem to embolden people well i did something i wasn't supposed to do

It's completely safe. It just feels, we almost fictionalize, we dimmed it back, we fictionalize a state of tension that feels slightly unsettling and threatening when actually it's not.

It's completely safe. It just feels, we almost fictionalize, we dimmed it back, we fictionalize a state of tension that feels slightly unsettling and threatening when actually it's not.

It's completely safe. It just feels, we almost fictionalize, we dimmed it back, we fictionalize a state of tension that feels slightly unsettling and threatening when actually it's not.

When we did Boston, the first show, they said, health and safety, this is not going to work, it's too dangerous. So we had to put the lights up, and the show didn't work at all. The audience were just walking around nonchalantly, just treating it like a gallery, chatting, because there was no sense of threat. Even though you told them not to talk?

When we did Boston, the first show, they said, health and safety, this is not going to work, it's too dangerous. So we had to put the lights up, and the show didn't work at all. The audience were just walking around nonchalantly, just treating it like a gallery, chatting, because there was no sense of threat. Even though you told them not to talk?

When we did Boston, the first show, they said, health and safety, this is not going to work, it's too dangerous. So we had to put the lights up, and the show didn't work at all. The audience were just walking around nonchalantly, just treating it like a gallery, chatting, because there was no sense of threat. Even though you told them not to talk?

Yeah, because here we have this huge swathe of darkness. If that's not there, then there's no mystery.

Yeah, because here we have this huge swathe of darkness. If that's not there, then there's no mystery.

Yeah, because here we have this huge swathe of darkness. If that's not there, then there's no mystery.

It was called The Moonslave. And it started with an invitation being sent to come to a theatre, a town southwest of England, to come to a theatre to see a show called The Moonslave. And we invited press and Arts Council, the main funding body. So they thought it was a bog-standard show, turned up expecting a normal sit-down proscenium art show.

It was called The Moonslave. And it started with an invitation being sent to come to a theatre, a town southwest of England, to come to a theatre to see a show called The Moonslave. And we invited press and Arts Council, the main funding body. So they thought it was a bog-standard show, turned up expecting a normal sit-down proscenium art show.