It's a Small House and We Lived in it Always

It's a Small House and We Lived in it Always (1999)

In It’s a Small House and We Lived in it Always, two explorers lay claim to the same territory. With three chairs as its only props, little speech, some song and much meaningful movement and expressive acting, the piece shows longtime cohabitants engaged in a contest for space. These people have known each other for a long time. They occupy a house the size of a small stage, a house divided and subdivided by time and bad habits. They sit on the porch, watch the horizon, and wait for the weather to change. Their only hope is an audience. As they move apart and then together, spurn advances and accept closeness, mime rejection and flirtation and reveal need, the two performers enact the ebb and flow of a universally resonant relationship.

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It’s a Small House and We’ve Lived in it Always was first commissioned by the Purcell Room, Southbank Centre as part of the British Festival of Visual Theatre (2000).

Footage can be found here and footage of a performance excerpt re-performed in Retro(per)spective can be found here.