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Simon Taylor

Simon Taylor

https://orcid.org/0009-0008-6687-4647

fr. Sweetheart, over____ (2006)

fr. Sweetheart, over____ (2006)

lines from the script for stage, Sweetheart, over____ two rivers There are two rivers One flows over the top of the other. They run in opposite directions. The first is measured by extent Although it has depth And although the second Is measured by depth It also has extent. The

1976 - 1982 Anthony Taylor - Director, Raymond Boyce - Designer: productions, Downstage

1976 - 1982 Anthony Taylor - Director, Raymond Boyce - Designer: productions, Downstage

Travesties, Downstage, 1977 East Lynne (double bill with Music Hall, Palace of Varieties), Downstage, 1977 Bingo, Downstage, 1978 The Merchant of Venice, Downstage, 1978 Heroes and Butterflies, Downstage, 1978 Candide, Downstage, 1978 Summit Conference, Downstage, 1979 Prisoners of Mother England, Downstage, 1979 Deathtrap, Downstage, 1979 Big and Little, Downstage, 1981

the pieces of ... soap

the pieces of ... soap

being the pieces from which RJF working script was composed in 2007 (pieces—not poems as such, except inasmuch as such things are meant for performance, to be rendered in speech, to be spoken and embodied, too.) saponification: first rendering Rumours that they made Humans into soap Are no more

RJF Project - working script (2007)

RJF Project - working script (2007)

Who in his right mind would talk about making soap from human remains if he didn’t do it, in a memoir he never expected to be read? The attack on memory always bothers me. You can’t discount memories of people. – Ben Hirsch I think in abstract art perhaps

Semele I, II

Semele I, II

the work on Semele was preparatory for a project submitted to and denied by CNZ for funding in 2009. It was called Love Project and comprised 4 interwoven stage-works at 4 different venues and in different styles. Go to the LP9 at the bottom of this post if you would

STUDY FOR A PASSION: a working script in II Acts for 2 Actors (2007)

STUDY FOR A PASSION: a working script in II Acts for 2 Actors (2007)

it was cast, rehearsal rooms were booked, a read-through took place. The rain of ash was devised, the reference for the costumes was the cover of Tindersticks's second album and Margiela. It was to be performed at City Art Rooms, Auckland. The misunderstanding arose because "artists fund

Regarding Arts and Cultural Policy:

Regarding Arts and Cultural Policy:

a letter sent to Helen Clark 2000, to Jacinda Ardern 2017 the following letter (sent in 2017 with the additions in square brackets) received no response from either Prime Minister and none from any of the recipients, including Judith Tizard, Marion Hobbs, Bill Ralston, Jane Kelsey, Brian Easton, Luit Beiringa