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The Cro Magnon Theatre: Scream

The Nursery Theatre
London United Kingdom

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Thank you all so much for your interest in Scream. For more events by The Cro Magnon please visit our website @ www.thecromagnon.com

The Cro Magnon Theatre presents a weekend of new writing submitted by our readers and supporters of The Cro Magnon collective.

"The men I painted were all in extreme situation, and the scream is a transcription of their pain. Animals scream when they are frightened or in pain, so do children. But men are more discreet and more inhibited. They do not cry or scream except in situations of extreme pain. We come into this world with a scream and we often also die with a scream. Perhaps the scream is the most direct symbol of the human condition." [Francis Bacon]

The Father of Neurology, Jean-Martin Charcot said a Scream is a 'perfectly legitimate pathological phenomena, in which the will of the patient counts for nothing, absolutely nothing'. A scream is one of the more primal types of communication. It is reactionary and, as Charcot says, it is will-less. A scream can be imitated but when it is thoughtless it is pure action. We have chosen this theme precisely because its stands between our projects aim for greater thought in writing and the theatre as a 'pathological phenomena, in which the will of the' playwright 'counts for nothing, absolutely nothing.'

The Cro Magnon Theatre is where our project comes to life, where the paintings on the Cave wall come to life, where the images of literature can be liberated from the-cage-of-the-page.

From 31st July - 3rd August @ The Nursery Theatre in Southwark will become The Cave of The Cro Magnon Theatre. Our comprehensive programme of short plays, short film, and unexpected artistic works brings you to the Fireside, where stories and storytellers are made real.

Location

The Nursery Theatre
61 Ewer St
London SW1 0NR
United Kingdom

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