Divine Invention

<p><i>One morning as I was writing I suddenly understood that as a species through incredible stubbornness we were able to write love into our genetic makeup and that this is enough to redeem us all. We were given mouths to bite with and with deep intelligence and beauty we learned to kiss each other.</i> <p/>Part performance lecture part auto-fictional memoir <i>Divine Invention</i> is Sergio Blanco's attempt to say something new about love. To do so he recalls his own experiences of love true and invented and explores the history of love in art literature music and science. The result is a life-affirming new play. <p/>Written by acclaimed Franco-Uruguayan playwright Sergio Blanco (<i>Thebes Land</i> <i>The Rage of Narcissus</i> <i>When You Pass Over My Tomb</i>) and translated by his long-time collaborator Daniel Goldman <i>Divine Invention</i> is 'collaboration to savour by two masters of the form' (Lyn Gardner). <p/>This edition was published to coincide with the English language world premiere at Edinburgh Fringe Festival's Summerhall in August 2024.</p>