The Public Theater
425 Lafayette St
212.539.8500
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Michel Melamed, Regurgitophagy, Photo: Debora 70
- When
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Jan 9, 2008 – Jan 20, 2008
Daily
- Where
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Directions: 6 to Astor Place; R,W to 8th Street; BDFV to Broadway Lafayette
- Price
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$15
- Links
Note: Note: This play is part of the Under the Radar 2008 Festival.
After seeing Brazilian performance artist Michel Melamed's one-man show Regurgitophagy, the phrase "feeding off the audience" will never be the same. During the entire course of the hour-long, largely improvised show, Melamed's hands and feet are shackled to strong electrical charges activated by the slightest audience noise: laughing, clapping, booing, and so forth. The show is a masochistic embodiment of the relationship between performer and audience, and an exploration of the limits of performance (and pain) itself: Melamed's running absurdist monologue courts laughs, while his body begs him to stop.
