We decided on the café as our main performance space and cleared permission to use the space. Initially we had a lot of ideas sprouting off in different directions so it wasn’t clear which path our piece would take and sometimes throughout the process we often overthought ideas and tried to make it more into a theatre performance rather than it connecting and relating to our chosen site.
Ideas included:
- Create something in the café that doesn’t belong there, such as an exhibition or installation.
- Create shadows in the window with white cloth and create a shadow performance (more theatre performance rather than relating to the site).
- Each person representing a different representation of the café.
- Each member to sit in an alcove and talk to themselves.
Look into ideas to influence our piece such as;
- Reckless sleepers, the last supper.
- Documentation, possibly using Verbatim Theatre to create our script as it could give it a more personal feel.