“Performances have a bit of a life and a time scale to themselves.” BitsPerformancesScales Author:Sue Tompkins
“When I go into the editing process, I re-look at the original intuitive thoughts and then it becomes the written performance or text work. Because they look quite big there's this assumption that there isn't much editing, but that's a huge part of it.” LooksBigsProcessWrittenHugePerformancesOriginalsAssumptionEditingIntuitive Author:Sue Tompkins
“I'm interested in really particular details, ideas, thoughts, and emotions, yet it's defused with performance, where you can play with hiding things, or be more confrontational about something shielded. There is this process of layering in performance.” IdeasPlayProcessEmotionParticularPerformancesDetailsHidingThoughts And EmotionsHiding Things Author:Sue Tompkins
“I'm not really interested in making someone endure a performance or stand there for too long. I like to think about the length.” ThinkingLongPerformancesEndureLength Author:Sue Tompkins