Carmen Disruption

Text of the day: “And the opera singer hiding behind reflective sunglasses shines in the sunshine./ And the teenage girl looking for a moment deep into the belly of the dirt brown smear of water shines in the sunshine./ And a young boy in a beautiful shirt tries to stop himself from crying as he shines in the sunshine./ And a taxi driver slides her car into second gear as she shines in the sunshine./ And the buses/ And the bicycles/ And the commuters/ And everything/ And Europe crumbling/ Defiant/ Shines in the sunshine.” (Escamillo in Simon Stephens’s Carmen Disruption)

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