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The best payment

One of the audience members at Sprint didn’t just leave payment, he/she wrote on the note: Queen’s side – The Labouring Angel Back of note: There is a Light that Never Goes Out I did try to scan it but … Continue reading

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Some comments left by the audience

Audience feedback – Sprint 2 Audience feedback – Sprint 1 Audience feedback – Theatre in the Mill  

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Monetary value 3

Monetary value attributed to the performances at the Theatre in the Mill: First day: £24.31 Second day £19.00 Won’t even attempt the calculations on this one…

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Monetary value 2: an argument for the subsidy of experimental performance?

My hourly rate as performer as judged by audience members: @ Sprint £19.10/hour and @ Yorkshire Dance £6.36. Hummm… But in the calculations above I only included the actual 3 hours of the performance and maybe I should calculate it … Continue reading

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Monetary value attributed to the performance

One of the things I am exploring with When Night Falls is the act of placing a monetary value upon the experience: the piece is advertised in a way that no ticket prices are set, and the audience is instead asked to … Continue reading

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To the man who came down to my level

Thank you for taking your clothes off. Thank you for laying on the floor with me. Thank you for dragging yourself on the floor with me. Thank you for making me not feel alone. Thank you for making yourself so vulnerable… I wanted … Continue reading

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Sprint: Inside Me

Perform first hour… Perform second hour… In pain… Finding slight adjustments in the way I carry wings to give some parts of my back and arms a rest… Perform second hour… New pain… Find some more new adjustments… Perform third … Continue reading

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Sprint

Preparations for our performance at Sprint are under way. I have re-worked the dramaturgy of the piece slightly and looked at how we manage audience expectation in relation to the possibility that not everyone might get to experience the piece … Continue reading

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Documentation of first performance: all images by Lucy Barker

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When Night Falls: Lucy Barker’s thoughts after the first performance

After a new stage of another creative adventure with Rita Marcalo I find that, once again, I have experienced an unexpectedly emotional journey during the three hour piece. As documenter, my role was to man the camera and ensure everything … Continue reading

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