Why a Stool?

The stool has been used in every performance we have done. But it represents more than just our history. For us, the stool represents flexibility, minimalism and ingenuity. Three essential elements in the way we do drama. The stool is a simple prop, light, easy to move about stage. This is important as we don't use stagehands, but structure the movements of props around actors. Our actors are fully responsible for what happens on the stage. In itself, the stool has no character to it. Nothing tying it to a location or person. Again, it is up to the actors on stage to invest it with character in the ways that they use it. We do not present our audience with a complicated set representing the play's location, but let the actors be storytellers, drawing the audience into the world. The stool's simplicity is part of the key to this. It can move between locations. It can be a throne or a boulder. It serves the needs of the actors, the needs of the story. A simple stool, a basic stage, a clear mind.