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Julie Vulcan – a personal response
Publication
25.06.2025
When I think of a living room, I think of...
When I think of a living room, I think of a
Living
Room
I think of its resonances
How it beckons me in – or not
How it makes me feel.
A living room is the sum of its parts
It is where we come to be with
Ourselves
Others
It is where we come to listen
to share stories
Where we are part of something
Maybe uncomfortably so
When I think of violence, I think of its nuances
The violence of absence
Of stillness
Of a sudden movement
An exclamation
Or a harsh “Shoosh!”
When I think of these things I think how these elements are also part of the skill and craft of theatre.
Artists create the room for voices to be heard not just in words but in how a space is arranged. How it
is attuned. How it greets you. What is present and what is not. Artists draw attention to whose voice is
present, whose is quietly missing, and whose is gagged but raging loudly.
This is what Michelle does as she so deftly articulates the architecture of space to vibrate with bodies
in place in ways that are at once transformative, compelling, and unsettling. And I can’t wait to see
what she does with her new home.
Julie Vulcan: A Living Room
Text in response to The Living Room Theatre for The Living Room Theatre Fundraiser 21 June
2025
