The first of Nabokov's 'Present : Tense' nights brought together four playwrights, four directors, two film-makers, performance poets, and a musician, to attempt to produce and develop short plays within one week. The aim, to come up with plays dealing with that week's big news story - the Bali bombings. Al Smith was asked to write one of the plays - October 9.
During the week, a blog was set up by Nabokov to follow the creative processes of all those involved. To view that blog, please click here.