The stage is the set

'In the end, as far as set design went, all we could put on the stage was another stage. Inside the larger building of the theatre, our crude wooden stage on the theatre's own stage, our crude scaffolding and worker's lamps proscenium inside the existing proscenium of the theatre. As if to say: this pretending is our topic.' Tim Etchells - Live Art and Performance

There is no set. There are no costumes. The drama group will be playing themselves. They have recently disposed of the stage blocks they used for 25 years - I wanted to use them for the installation but they were too cumbersome and hazardous to move. They have bought some new staging which will make its 'stage debut' for Acts of Communion. The stage is the set. The setting is the Church Hall.

BETTY Where’s the set

MICHAEL We don’t need a set

AUDREY But why can’t we have one

TONY Because we’ve spent all our money on the stage

IAN So the stage is the set

MICHAEL The play takes place in the church hall

TONY The church hall is the set

HARRY So what happens in the church hall

TONY Weddings

JONATHAN Christenings

IAN Raffles

KATH Funerals [KATH leaves]

MICHAEL Plays