JOHN DUNCAN

A Fantastic World Superimposed on Reality: John Duncan’s THE GRATEFUL at Performa

— Dave Mandl, THE WIRE February 2010

Alison Knowles’s and John Duncan’s performances also stood out: in the former’s “Nivea Cream Piece”, three actors slathered the eponymous lotion on their hands (and each others’) for about five minutes, an intimate act made more so by the vaguely erotic sounds generated by the cream. More unambiguously sexual was Duncan’s “The Grateful”, one of the surprise hits of the show, which involved several naked confederates running among the shocked, but cheering, audience at a given signal from Duncan.

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