Operating Theatre

Operating Theatre is an Irish music theater company founded by composer Roger Doyle and performer Olwen Fouéré. Operating Theatre has been active in two phases: the first from 1981 to 1988, and the second from 1998 to the present. During their first phase the company operated as both a theater company, integrating music as an equal partner in the theatrical environment, and as a band releasing records. Roles were flexible within the company in that Fouéré also sang and Doyle also acted. In phase two there has been no band, and the texts (if any) have been "found," devised and/or drawn together from various strands, instead of being commissioned from writers as in phase one. Performances have taken place in both conventional and non-theatrical environments (e.g. an abandoned warehouse, a glass room in a hotel), and music has become more integrated. 

The first appearance by Operating Theatre (the band) was in the summer of 1981 with the release on CBS Records (Ireland) of "Austrian". A single, 'Blue Light And Alpha Waves / Ramp Walk' followed a year later. The LP 'Miss Mauger' was released in 1983 on the Kabuki label in London. [SOURCE: FORCED EXPOSURE]