Boston
Following our time in London we went onto Lincolnshire to the town of Boston. As part of Transported's Creative People and Places programme. We performed in Pescod Square which was a very different location and situation to perform in. The audience were therefore made more of people just walking by who happened upon the performance, rather than in London where people had come to the festival, the majority knowing what to expect and regularly having been exposed to these kinds of the creative arts. The Boston audience were responsive too which was great to see even in the different circumstances, and great to engage with audiences who perhaps don't have as much opportunity to experience the arts.
Back to Coventry
Following this we had some more rehearsals in Coventry as what all of this work I have mentioned was really working towards was a 'producers showing'. The idea of this is a performance to sell your product to the people in the industry who may in future commission you to perform - perhaps for their festival, project, in their theatre etc etc. So we continued to prepare for this, which was to be performed at Herbert Art Gallery. At this time myself and Gareth went to Kent, to pick up a bespoke crafted transportable set for The Town Band of Bremen, which was exciting. Once we had got it back to coventry, we spent a little time getting to grips with this new set.
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| Adding finishing touches to the set |
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| Ben Hollings, Rosie Lesurf and Gareth Price Baghurst work on the set |
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| The set |
We then had another great opportunity which was to work with the director of Stuff and Nonsense theatre company Niki McCretton. Niki brought to us another dimension and helped us to see the performance through a child's eyes. She works in a very encouraging way which I respond well to and helped us deal with some challenges we found ourselves experiencing. It was really good to work with her near the end, as it felt like it helped consolidate some of the different types of work we had done.
We performed an open dress run for some Coventry University students, and then came the time for the producers showing.
The producers showing was tough as it had a smaller audience than we'd hoped, and we had worked so hard towards it. The performance went well though and the audience that did come were very engaged and it has lead to some future opportunities for the company and this particular play - which is the point of it - so that's great. All in all it was a success :)
I absolutely loved the team I was working with and could not have asked for a better group to spend time working with. We celebrated the end of the project up to this point with a lovely meal out. I've got a lot of love for these people.
Looking forward to seeing what the future may bring for this great company.
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