Speaking about the NRLA, I have to say it was a very interesting experience and since it will take me ages to comment on everything, I'll just start with a few important things and then add to them whenever possible.
For now: The Galapagos Man. I want to congratulate Kasia and Rich for their work, I hadn't seen it in September and I liked it a lot (Harriet who saw it for the second time pointed out some details that were different now but noone unfamiliar to the piece would be able to tell of course). We meant to find them afterwards and speak to them but having to queue immediately for the next performance made it impossible. Anyway, I really loved some details like the part in the beginning where everyone entering the space had to rub his hands with some kind of liquid that smelled as mouthwash. I think it worked brilliantly and gave me associations of 'sanitizing before entering' as well as carried and spread that scent in the space for the whole performance. And I liked the fact that you left the performance taking that little glass bottle with you (which has that smell inside and we all know how smell is connected to memory). I can imagine how that huge room must have given the guys some trouble and I think I can understand how this piece must have worked in a smaller more intimate environment. Nevertheless, as I saw it, the performance went on very well and it was obvious that it was a complete and well thought through piece of work with a lot of interesting and engaging details (which is not something I can say for everything we saw there! but that's another story).
I would really like to know more about it, so I guess I should visit last year's posts in their blogs. It is a shame we didn't get to meet them and talk a bit about their work, our course, their experience from it, etc. It would be nice if they could visit us sometime and discuss all about it.
This is an open invitation guys (if anyone is reading). If you find some free time and feel like it we could meet and go for drinks...
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Hi Sally,
Thank you and the other VLP’s for coming to see the show at the NRLA and your kind comments. It was a very tight get-in, we only had 2 and a half hours to set everything up and the actual show was the first time we had performed it since Wimbledon - it is impossible to rehearse it without setting everything up. In respect of this I was pleased with how it came off. I will be writing some more detailed thoughts on my blog over the next week (I think Kas has written some on hers) – I always read the VLP blogs to keep up to date, I think it is important that current and past students maintain a dialogue.
With that in mind Kasia and I have a residency at Central between the 14th – 18th April where we will be constructing a string machine as part of the Theatre Materials/Material Theatres conference – you and the other VLP’s would be very welcome to come along (perhaps as part of a workshop) and there will be other events at the conference that might interest you. I will post details nearer the time.
Best of luck with your work!
Rich
Hi Rich,
thanks for letting us know, it would be really interesting to come to the conference. Lets hope our VLP schedules will permit that...
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