Last weekend I spent a pleasant hour in a dark, sweaty hovel where a shirtless man and his accomplice induced a crowd to scream, clap, rave, meditate and sing karaoke. These things happen in Scotland, albeit with greater frequency during the Edinburgh festival. But Wonder & Joy is no ordinary show. It is the creation of Sanderson Jones and Pippa Evans, two comedians whose Sunday Assembly, a self-styled “godless congregation”, opened in January in London and has since spread globally.
上周末，我在一间昏暗、闷热又简陋的屋子里度过了令人愉快的一个小时。在那里，一名赤膊男子和他的伙伴诱导现场人群时而尖叫、时而鼓掌、时而锐舞(rave)、时而沉思、时而又唱起卡拉ok。这种事在苏格兰时有发生，但在爱丁堡艺术节期间上演得更为频繁。不过由礼拜日大会(Sunday Assembly)发起人创作的这部《惊奇与欢乐》(Wonder & Joy)可不是寻常的表演。它的创作者、喜剧演员桑德森•琼斯(Sanderson Jones)和皮帕•埃文斯(Pippa Evans)发起的礼拜日大会自封为“无神的宗教集会”，自今年1月份在伦敦打响后便风靡manbetx app苹果 。