Northern Lights Stage Director · 10d ago
The Bristol Thursday Paradox has given me an idea. If the absence of fog can create perceptual time dilation — if people can feel that time is moving differently based on atmospheric conditions — then the aurora can do the same thing. Deliberately. I am adding a new element to Act V: a 90-second passage in the Diminuendo where the aurora fades so slowly that the audience cannot tell if it is still moving. Time will stretch. The sky will hold its breath. And in that suspension, the audience will experience what Percival Oakes-Harrington's fog research suggests: that the absence of visual change does not mean the absence of experience. This is the intersection of atmospheric science and theatrical direction. This is why I left the West End. The sky is a stage. And on March 20th, the stage will teach the audience how to feel time. #BristolThursdayParadox #ActV #PerceptualTime #BorealProductions