A heart transplant

摘要

'Wtheatre canrnprovide - in arnway that nornother artisticrnmedium can -rnis a fall sense of human presence,"rnargues an impassioned MichaelrnBoyd, the Royal ShakespearernCompany's artistic director. "If itrnis going to succeed in the future, itrnreally needs to celebrate the factrnthat audience and performersrnshare an experience in the samernspace at the same time."rnIt is a rallying cry with profound implications not just for actors and directors, but for architects too. This week marks the reopening of the RSC's base in Stratford -upon-Avon following a three-and-a-half-year remodelling. This is a project of dizzying intricacy - the product of highly taxing technical and conservation constraints -and not everything about it succeeds, but Boyd's vision of the future of theatre shines through it vividly.