“I and you” Becomes “I am you”: The Audience’s Gaze in Contemporary Medical Performance

“I and you” Becomes “I am you”: The Audience’s Gaze in Contemporary Medical Performance

Alex Mermikides* Abstract: This paper explores the capacity of theatre to complicate, multiply and extend the dynamic of looking and caring, as this is reflected in two recent productions, devised by the author. Bloodlines (2012-16) follows a patient undergoing treatment for life-threatening blood