The Theatre

 
If we neglect the theatre, we neglect our souls. The stage is not the theatre. The seats are not the theatre. It is the union of the walls, the human voice and words. The theatre is where both the sore and caressing truths about life can be told. Yes, the history of the human heart is registered there. And there we gather to prepare the play but who built the theatre?

A commission to design a theatre is, for an architect, an honour.

The theatre must express a tangible sense of airy volume. This is the volume of the human emotion. As an actor speaks, he is suspended in the time and space that the theatre allows. The make-believe is the immediate reality. The building must seem to disappear...
 

ROMA 9 7 2003