OSTINATO
A Short Repeated Pattern
A Requiem for the Forgotten

Violence repeats. It appears, then disappears—swept away by the relentless 24-hour news cycle. Ostinato is a visceral and urgent work that refuses to let these stories fade. It confronts the unsettling truth of who we choose to remember and who is erased.

Rooted in The Living Room Theatre’s 25-year history, Ostinato draws from The Foul of the Air and The Reckoning, amplifying themes of erasure, endurance, and memory. 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 explores how space holds trauma and memory—how the places we inhabit 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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