“The theatre is an art that brings people together and can divide or unify them: it’s an art of the collective. There is a political theatricality, or a politics of theatricality, which comes together around the figure of the rally. After all, many politicians of our societies consciously practice this theatricality when they address crowds... The theatricality of politics is self-evident: there is an organic relationship between theatre and politics, all the more strong since theatre is a public institution and since the State still involves itself in the situation of the theatre.” ~Alain Badiou, “In Praise of Theatre”
