Ostinato, a short repeated pattern
A Requiem for the Forgotten

Ostinato is a visceral and urgent work that amplifies the themes of erasure, endurance, and memory that have shaped The Living Room Theatre’s 25-year history.

Violence repeats. It appears, then disappears—swept away by the relentless 24-hour news cycle. In a world addicted to sensationalism, Ostinato confronts the unsettling truth of where our sympathies land and whom we deem “worthy” of remembrance. Whose stories are told? Who is forgotten?

Drawing from The Foul of the Air and The Reckoning, this piece refuses silence. It speaks to the escalating epidemic of male violence against women—an issue as urgent now as ever.

A Performance That Lives in Space

More than a performance, Ostinato is a living, immersive encounter within the Home as Performance installation. In collaboration with Brcar Morony Architecture, it examines how space holds trauma and memory—how the structures we live in bear witness to the histories we try to forget. This fusion of theatre and architecture challenges how we experience violence, endurance, and the echoes of the past.

Why Now?

This project asks: Who even cares?

If you do, help us bring these stories into the light.
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