Sighted 2009
Audience Comments
Royal Opera House - Deloitte Ignite Festival 5th & 6th September '09. Selected audience comments from the visitors’ book. (Sighted and Sighted 2)
‘Most enlightening and peaceful. Very intimate.’
‘Another Sight! Watched the first Sighted at The Place and knowing them together - a cleansing experience. Wonderful.’(Sighted 2)
‘Mesmerising, beautiful, tender, silent, warm, also fascinating, fluttery, beguiling, connected. Thank-you.’
‘Physically stunning.’
‘Eye contact through a thin slip of mirror - wonderful. Great innovation of light.’ (Sighted)
‘One of the best things I have seen in a long time.’ (Sighted 2)
‘It seems like there are ghosts in the room.’ (Sighted 2)
‘Breathtaking experience.’
‘Weird but wonderful - a moment in time. Thanks.’
‘Beautiful magical space - elegantly simple - fab experience.’ (Sighted)
‘Too much almost fragility.’.
‘Thank-you so much for such a moving experience - ghosts, family, lost ones.’ (Sighted 2)
‘Fascinating.’
‘The best thing I have seen in the whole festival.’ (Sighted 2)
‘Enjoyed my time of engagement with Stine. In the light, skin, touch, white, was not ready for it to end! ’(Sighted)
‘How do you run so fast? - Loved the silence.’ (Sighted 2)
‘Amazing. Thanks you . Peaceful.’
‘Bellissimo, grazie.’ (Sighted 2)
.The Place Theatre: Founders Studio ‘Spring Loaded’ 15-18th April 2009
‘An outstanding installation. Fantastic to see the performers’ decision making - who to choose. The closeness I felt when she approached me made me want to be alone with her, to lengthen the experience - captivating’.
‘A beautifully intense performance, which I feel has resonated through me, and the performer gave such an inner glow.’
‘I imagine everybody felt wanted during this performance, which is unusual’
‘ ...she held my hand. and then just us looking down into the pool of mirrors. My skin became alive.’
‘It looked like every step Stine took was an adventure for her - really stunning.’
‘So beautifully hypnotic, calming yet unsettlingly intimate. A simple but surprisingly moving experience - thank-you.'
‘A fractured lake of reflections - shades of Cocteau’s Orphee’
‘Watching other people’s comfort and discomfort is fascinating in itself - left me with a quiet stillness, which I wish I could reach more often. Thank-you.’
‘Beautifully presented - I liked the thoughtfulness and small delights that Stine seemed to experience. It brought the audience in and we felt acknowledged’.
‘I stop. I watch. I look. I look again. This time more closely. Every detail is noticed. Water rushes around her curled body. I see you.’
Oxford Playhouse Burton Taylor Studio 23rd-25th March 2009
‘You controlled my breath. Bold, beautiful, simple and speaking volumes.’
‘Intriguing - like gazing at reflections in a pool of water, the surface ruffled by a breeze.’
‘I was in a trance the entire performance. I looked at my watch and couldn't believe 20 minutes had passed.’
‘Compelling, exciting and inexplicably charming.’
‘A really intriguing piece. Brought us down to the performance and made us part of it. As an audience we spoke at length about it afterwards - many thanks’