By an odd coincidence, I was able to see the North American Premiere of Deborah Pearson's Table Talk  in Toronto tonight, only days after sitting huddled in a tent with her at Central to share her more intimate piece – Music Ruined by Dating - part of our first Forest Fringe Friday evening.

Tonight's performance was an awe-inspiring event, made on a large and ambitious scale, which tells us much about the individual contemporary practitioner, and the place of writing in contemporary practice.

I first knew of Deborah as one of the directors of the Forest Fringe at Edinburgh - a calm presence enabling other artists to produce their work in the best possible circumstances. I also saw a miniature work she created this year in a small second-hand bookshop - quiet, intimate, involving total audence immersion in finding and reading extracts from a series of books, following clues, and writing a particular message at the end.

..Something Very Quiet is About to Happen 20 August, 10.30pm, secret location (meet