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The Acts

from Step Outside by rhob cunningham

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The Acts, was written while partaking in the 24-hour-play project in Dublin historic Abbey Theatre in 2017.
"Six stage plays were being written in 24 hours, so I thought it apt to follow suit
write a tune amid it all, add it to my set at the interval.
So, during preparations, participants had been asked to bring along props for inspiration, and possible inclusion in the plays.
We all met up the night before, gathered in a huge circle and took turns adding things to the mix.”

A mother, Clelia, an Actor, and her daughter, Clarabelle, the Assistant-Director, were present.
When it came their turn,
Clelia offered a small, ornate urn, the combined ashes of Clarabelle's grandparents.

“Perchance that they may dance an extra dance across the Theatre's sacred stage!

So The Acts is a song for those searching for signals, another song about the ways of seeing.

You could say there's a thread of that throughout."

lyrics

Between The Acts

Hello Mother
Nice Idea
I was looking for something to show me the way
and you put them in front of me

Reach out and pick up the eldest you met
Whose voices still sing in your head and your heart
Pluck up the courage to get where you'll get
Looking for signals to signal the start
Cut out the worries that get in the way
There's a time and place for holding back
The last I looked, it wasn't today
In the scenes that unfold between the acts

Hello Mother
Nice Idea
I was looking for something to show me the way
and you put it in front of me

credits

from Step Outside, released April 21, 2018
Synth by Martin Mitterstieler

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