Another Prat Masterclass

Vernon forbad me (& by implication Col) going to Winsor (see previous blog). He said it was "irrelivant to the course".

So instead I attended another Prat class at T.A.A.D. His focus today was on what he calls the Five Laws. These are they:

1) Theatre is anything that happens - except fun
2) Silence is weakness and weakness is strength minus energy
3) To look is to see with our eyes
4) There are only three 'actions' and none of them can be reproduced
5) All is shit

To demonstrate these Laws he asked the prettiest student, Julie, to strip naked and stand in front of the class looking pert. After twenty minutes he elected to kiss her nipples. To protect her modesty he then asked us all to leave the room. When we returned, Julie was gone and Prat was sitting, naked himself now, reciting the Five Laws in a low monotone. The masterclass ended with him being carried from the room by four of the tallest young male students to a round of hushed applause. No wonder T.A.A.D.'s students get to work in all the major theatre companies after such a training: I am beyond impressed, and will certainly now write that overdue letter of apology to Prat.

The end of a humbling week.