Attention

ATTENTION is a queer play at the Bush Theatre in London, co-created by Jules Head and Georgia Bruce, about the effort involved in staying with someone over the long term and whether love alone can sustain a life together.

Co-created by director Jules Head and writer Georgia Bruce, this queer play follows a couple who have repeatedly returned, over seven years, to the same shared moment. Its central questions concern why and how we choose what to give our attention to, the daily work a life together demands, and whether love is enough to hold two people together.

The production leaves the actors to decide, each night, how the story is told: they may restart a scene, fast-forward through it or stop altogether. The relationship is played out as a contest between two players, and the cast aim to reach a shared conclusion each performance. The result is a theatre piece in which the structure itself changes from one evening to the next.

The production was nominated for seven Dublin Fringe Awards, including Best Production and the Radical Spirit Award. Original cast members Bláithín Mac Gabhann and Norah Lopez Holden return for this run at the Bush Theatre, a London theatre.