Repertory
Ian Breakwell, 1973, UK, 16mm to digital, sound, 10'
The visuals in Repertory consist of one continuous tracking shot, during which the camera completely circles the exterior of a locked and empty theatre, recording its walls, doors and blank hoardings and catching fleeting glimpses of passersby. On the soundtrack a voice describes a three-week cycle of imagined presentations inside the theatre. The instant polarity between concrete, defined image and fictional narrative is exaggerated by the nature of the descriptions, which are wittily absurd and fantastic. (Tony Rayns)



