The thirteenth session of Read Theatre with Science takes place on 19 July, at 6 p.m., at Choupalinho Park (at the long table next to the Exploratory). The text to be read is the play “On the Verge, or The Geography of Yearning“, by Eric Overmyer”, translated in the scope of the Collaborative Translation Project.

The original text, as well as the referred translation, are available for consultation or loan at the Documentation Centre in Performing Arts and Science.

“In 1888, three experienced, nineteenth-century American lady adventurers, armed with umbrellas, a picnic and pith helmets, set out to explore “Terra Incognito”, eagerly embracing cultures and replicas of distant civilizations (such as an eggbeater which they deduce must be “a marsupial’s unicicle”). Caught in a time warp, they find themselves in Eisenhower’s 1950s America where they sample rock’n’roll and discover artefacts which include “I like Ike” badges and yet more eggbeaters! The trio split when two decide to remain in 1955: Alexandra becomes an expert rock’n’roller and Fanny falls in love with a cocktail-bar owner. It is left to Mary to continue the journey of exploration, but not before she has shed her Victorian garb for a pair of trousers!”