Maker’s Diary: Utter Fear

I have not made an entry for a few days because I have either been in the rehearsal room or making props/arrangements etc for Camden. The performance is now fixed and is getting towards being as polished as it is going to be in the space of time we now have. We have our dress rehearsal tomorrow and I have managed to get a few people to come along as audience, so that the performers can get a feel for the new contract of the show. It would be almost impossible to try a full run without people about to play the games….

I have got everything we need for the show ready now. All props are bought and made, cameras are booked and new programmes made…will be picking them up tomorrow. The hire van is booked too. Here is the final structure of the show:

FINAL SHOW STRUCTURE

Where did she go playing at start as audience enter (fairly loud)

Nigel greets audience at the door and offers a programme. He ushers them into the space where they are met by Debbie and Nikki. They make small talk. Nikki and Debbie make them welcome and thank them for coming (saying stuff like how excited they are and how fun it’s going to be, that she’s not here yet but to make themselves at home). They key is to treat them as guest, must set up that contract and maintain I throughout the entire production. Need to decide who SHE or HER is to you. Need to create a mask, a performance presence that is truthful and meaningful.

Once all the audience are in Nigel will come in and whisper to Debbie that we are ready to get going. She will step up onto the tallest block and clear her throat. She will thank them all for coming and that she just wanted to say a few words about her before we really get started.

Stop track-where did she go (fade out)

SHE text One

Nikki says ‘While we wait for her, I want to play a game, will you join me?’. Nikki leads them in a game of WHY IS SHE CRYING CHARADES (she explains the rules and starts. Anyone who guesses gets an envelope from Nigel).

Nigel gets on the block and puts the stop-mask on he says ‘STOP’ ‘She always thinks about him when she lays in the moonlight and pleasures herself’

Debbie then says ‘I want to play a game. Will you join me?’ Debbie leads them in a game of WHO IS SHE (she explains the rules and starts. Anyone who guesses who they are gets an envelop as a prize from Nigel)

Nigel gets on the block and puts the stop-mask on he says ‘STOP’ ‘She cuts her body because she hates herself’

Nikki says ‘I want to play a new game, will you join me?’ Nikki leads them in a game of SHE HAS NEVER (he explains the rules and starts)

Nigel gets on the block and puts the stop-mask on he says ‘STOP’ ‘She isn’t here tonight because she can’t bring herself to face any of you’

Nigel takes off his mask and says ‘We know a story about her, do you want us to share it with you or does someone here want to tell us about her? If you want to share just step up’. (If some one steps up let them do there story. If no one steps up then we will perform)

Her, She, Him Text. Debbie tells them that ‘anytime they want to end the story, they just have to call out STOP’. (If you have to perform, keep your clothes on for this one) Once you are done Nikki will ask them ‘Does anyone wish to add or change any of our story about her? (Do not perform it again but give them the opportunity to express or explain…unless they particularly ask for you to re-perform it)

Debbie gets up onto the top block and says ‘I want to play a new game, will you join me?’. Debbie leads them in a game of STORYTELLING; SHE WAS A WOMAN….she explains the rules and starts.

Nigel gets on the block and puts the stop-mask on he says ‘STOP’ ‘she once told me that writing helps her purge the past’

They do the inscription texts (instead of Her SHE HIM, they write one word from the sentences that they are speaking and whoever is writing puts on the stop-mask) and then move around the audience offering parts of their bodies to write on, as they give each one the pen they say, ‘tell us what they did to her’.

Nikki says ‘I want to play another game, will you join me?’ She leads them in a game of I WENT TO THE DEATH SHOP AND I BOUGHT….(she explains the rules and starts, the winner gets an envelope)

Nigel takes off his mask and says ‘We know a story about her, do you want us to share it with you or does someone here want to tell us about her? If you want to share just step up’. (If some one steps up let them do there story. If no one steps up then we will perform)

Rape Text. Debbie tells them that ‘anytime they want to end the story, they just have to call out STOP’. (If you have to perform, get undressed and re-dress in your casual performance clothes) Once you are done Nikki will ask them ‘Does anyone wish to add or change any of our story about her? (Do not perform it again but give them the opportunity to express or explain…unless they particularly ask for you to re-perform it)

Nikki says ‘I want to play a new game, will you join me?’ Nikki leads them in a game of Musical Tell you (he explains the rules and is the master of the game)

Start track-musical chairs (need to be able to pause it all the time-no fade out) Loud

Nigel gets on the block and puts the stop-mask on he says ‘STOP’ ‘she isn’t here tonight because she simply cannot face any of you’

Debbie will say ‘I want to play one last game, will you join me?’ She will lead them in a game of Pass the Parcel (She will explain the rules and start)
Start track- lambikins (no fade, need to be able to keep pausing it) Loud

Nigel gets on the block and puts the stop-mask on he says ‘STOP’ ‘She told me that she was planning to take her own life at the weekend’

Nigel takes off his mask and says ‘We know a story about her, do you want us to share it with you or does someone here want to tell us about her? If you want to share just step up’. (If some one steps up let them do there story. If no one steps up then we will perform)

Moon Text. Debbie tells them that ‘anytime they want to end the story, they just have to call out STOP’. Once you are done Nikki will ask them ‘Does anyone wish to add or change any of our story about her? (Do not perform it again but give them the opportunity to express or explain…unless they particularly ask for you to re-perform it)

Start track-disturbed (as they all redress needs to fade out) Loudish

Nikki will step up onto the block do SHE text 2

Start track- audience entrance music (need to stop it abruptly) Loudish

Music starts to play and they all get up and start to mingle and dance with the audience. Nigel will stand on the block wearing the stop-mask, after a while he will yell out ‘STOP’.

Start track- outro (needs to just finish abruptly) Loud