Futurist Theatre

Futurist Performance
FROM THE MANIFESTO OF THE FUTURIST SYNTHETIC THEATRE

"The dramatic 'synthesis', which will take the place of the traditional play, will be 'autonomous, unreal, and alogical'. Although elements drawn from reality will be used, they will be combined according to whim, and the synthesis will resemble nothing but itself. With color, forms, sounds and noises, it will, like the works of Futurist painters and musicians, assault the nerves....
The spectators will be made to 'forget the monotony of everyday life' through a 'labyrinth of sensations' characterized by the most exasperating originality combined in unexpected ways.
Anticipating the Surrealists, the Futurists declared that discoveries of the subconscious must be brought to the stage. The entertainment would 'symphonize' the feelings of the public, exploring and revealing those feelings in every possible way. "

Signed by: Filippo Marinetti, Bruno Corra and Emilio Settimelli (1915...Milan)
Source: Futurism, by Jane Rye, Pub.Dutton Edited by: Joe De Marco (1992...Los Angeles)