Gary Stevens 'Ape'

24 June 2007
Part of the Artsadmin Summer Season at Toynbee Studios.

Performance written and directed by Gary Stevens. Performed by Amanda Hadingue, Julian Maynard Smith, and Gary Stevens

Two men and a woman talk about Gary Stevens’s Ape:

Did you like the show? The show? The show? Did I like the show? Sho-o-o-ow. The performance. Did you like the performance? The piece. The piece of. The piece of performance. Yes. Yes, I liked the show. I liked the performance. I loved it. I loved the piece. I loved it! Yes! I loved the show! And the actors. The actors? The act-ors. The performers. Yes, I liked the actors. They were so-o-o-o. They were so-o-o-o. They were so… funny. Yes, they were funny. And they must have practiced a lot. Oh, yes. Oh, yes, they must have practiced a lot. Full marks on practice. Full marks? Yes, full. Oh, full. Yes, they were funny. Full marks on funny.

And also sad. Sad? Yes, they were also sad. Yes, I thought they were rather sad. Yes, I too thought they were rather sad. And funny. Yes, funny and sad. Yes, they were rather sad. Oh, very sad. Like, you know, the Marx Brothers. The Marx Brothers? Yes. The Marx Brothers were sad? Yes, very sad. And also funny. And also brothers. Yes. No. Not really. Not really brothers. No. But full. Full Marx? Yes, they were so. Yes, they were so-o-o-o.

Not sure about the point, though. The point? The idea. What’s the point? Exactly. No. Not exactly. Yes, that’s the idea. Ide-e-a-a. The point. What’s your point? What I’m trying to say. Yes, what you’re trying to say. What I’m trying to say is. The point. It’s this. It’s what? What is what? The point. I’m not sure. No, I’m not sure either. Sure. You got it. I got? You got the idea. Ide-e-e-a-a. That’s the point. I’m not sure. Yes, that’s it. It? This. Yes, I think so. I think this is it. Yes. This is it. Ah. Ahhhh. Ha.

Written by Theron Schmidt

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