(photo by Lucia Eggenhoffer)
When Seniors Share
by Beat Rice
All The Sex I’ve Ever Had: The International Series, is a performance by Mammalian Diving Reflex, conceived by Darren O’Donell and presented at Luminato. The performers consist of a group of seven senior citizens from around the world: four females and two males from North America, Europe, and Asia. They are here to tell us their stories and share their lives onstage.
The stage is set up like a discussion panel with microphones. The performers speak in their language with surtitles projected above. They tell their stories in chronological order and the participants take turns in delivering a few lines about what happened to them that year. Over the course of the evening we get to know each person, their personality and their life stories about love, sex, desire, heartbreak, tragedy, and attitudes about ageing and looking forward to the future.
