Acting Up

What is it about a theatrical experience that can take you to another place? Today my drama guys, and the most recent alumni from the team, put up our annual version of Rough Theatre. I'd watched all the pieces a number of times prior to performance and found them quietly, occasionally noisily, enjoyable. But played in front of a properly appreciative audience each item that comprised the whole suddenly manifested its share of lovely moments; and there were three or four quite unforgettable ones.

It's difficult to think of any drug that can take you higher than a sequence on stage that works to perfection.