Aims of the show!

‘This, that n ’t’other’.

Margate.

Aims

· TTo enrich the dialogue of the Gutter Glamour Girls walkabout act and to experiment developing a site specific script that could hold a unique selling point for community arts festivals.

· To create a ‘pool’ of performers that is rehearsed for the summer season in order to perform at the festivals already booked.

· To develop new ways of rehearsing a piece of street theatre.

· To present the work in an immersive, intimate environment where the outcome of the research can be

· Raise the profile of the company.

Objectives

· Choose a site i.e. Margate and research community factors that would have affected our characters life’s at this time.

· By interviewing the elderly we aim to‘re-live’ their lives through the creation of a unique script built up directly from the findings of our research.

· Find new performers for the summer that have a vested interest in the project and a shared passion for street performance.

· Via online methods and alternative rehearsals, i.e. surveys and street marketing, (natural theatre rehearsal).

· Considering the venue (Tom Thumb Theatre) using the whole space and the street outside.

· Press relations are nurtured locally, regionally and nationally with a Radio 6 interview and local press features.

A rice cracker with jam

Hmm yum, a nice moment out with a rice cracker and jam, the only problem is that it doesn't last more than 2 seconds and I find myself looking down at the plate to see it I put half of it down, but no. I just have a big gob...must get another one...ah, yum.

Its been an exciting day at the Faf headquarters (or my living room as it were!). To finally be in the position of hiring someone is a momentous occasion, (although just separating the jobs in my head and giving them a title in itself, is a momentous occasion.) Not only that however, but also is the act of separation, the act of handing over complete responsibility to an integral part of your baby's life: the umbilical cord is now officially cut! Whomever this "child" grows up to be is no longer under my own influence, and may, like any child's life, it be inspired and it be a life of great inspiration to others, being fed and watered with love (as it is!) from all who come near.

This is an event worth celebrating, and celebrating I am, all be it modestly with a rice cracker and jam (or 4). It's hedonism central in this part of town you see, look out all you village folk, I may even open the Jacobs cream crackers next time there's a celebration!

So, i'd better get stuck back in for a few more hours of chipping away at the old proverbial block of stone, but soon we shall see what delights lay beneath. "Here be exciting times" it may say, or perhaps "Do some of your 'efffin degree woman, before its too late!" either way, im sure its going to be a beautiful thing.

Lots of love to Jamie and Natalie our new press officer and tour manager, and also to everyone else who is involved with FaF right now, be it voluntarily, engaged or profit shared, the future of FaF lies in your wonderful hands!

x

The blog of a homeless/office-less Street Theatre Company

02/03/11

The second meeting today with team FAF, were lucky to be using Vicky’s house/studio, which I haven’t seen yet, currently I’m, sat in cafe Boho’s typing out the notes and the creative leads for today’s session. Normally I would do this at home, but I had a massage from Stef at ten, then met Kathryn at 12 for a tea. Now I’m sat in the window, sipping green tea (I’m detoxing for life at the moment) watching the world go by, trying to cut out the background noises and think of umbrellas.

Today is a windy day actually, the wind is an incredibly unforgiving, invisible enemy when you’re on your bike, and it took me 20 mins to ride what would normally take me ten this morning. I really dislike it, but it’s good fun if your agenda is kite flying.

Today my agenda is unfortunalty not kite flying! The winter has reared her ugly head again forcefully threatening spring and summer into submission. Looking out of the window now I can see she is out playing with her best friend, the wind: Tawihiri, she is violently bellowing at a man who is struggling to keep his hat on, “do not forget me” she reminded my scarf and hat this morning, who were temporarily resting in the pocket of my curtain. Dam this cold, I really dislike the wind.

And off we go!!

The first meeting went off to a flying start. We have an amazing core of 9 who brought enthusiasm and wonderful creative ideas to the table. There was so much energy bouncing around that already this project has got off to a flying start.

Looking forward to the wonders that will be brought on Thursday!

Roll on Feb 26th, watch this space!

Back to work

So, yesterday was officially the "back to work" day, with today seeing Sueleen and I draft up a painstakingly accurate timeline between now and the 26th February. Today also saw the birth of the 3 seam-stress's...watch this space, and also it saw a new addition to the collective in the name of Emily Moore, a textiles designer from Faversham. Heres her website link http://emilymoorecreative.co.uk/ and roll on tommorow s meeting!!

A 4 oclock splurge

Yesterday morning (4am to be exact!) I was suddenly awoke by something I can only describe as an uninvited electric shock in my chest, you know, like the ones they use in hospital to resuscitate someone. "Stand clear" BANG, i felt like i'd just had a car crash! In fact, when I first opened my eyes I saw the figure of a sitting girl, whom I didn't know, crouching next to my bed, as if she was in the passenger seat of the car i'd just crashed. When I blinked she was gone, she must have been the remnants of my dream. Through the next few seconds as I became rapidly awake (which is rare! I'm not a morning person and it takes me ages to stir) a channel of bright white light poured in through my chest. It felt so good and before I knew it I was wide awake, with my bedside light on wondering what the hell had just happened to me! I was due at work at 8am and thought maybe I should try and go back to sleep but I was curious to hear the ideas out that were forming rapidly in my mind, like a bit of water would to a tub of bicarb, the bubbles were rising, forming clusters, cells, whole communities of hustling, bustling creation on the surface of my brain. Damn!! Paper! Quick!!! I pulled on some joggers, ran downstairs and hadn't even made my first cup of tea before I had a pretty impressive sprawl of notes, diagrams, drawings and lists in front of me. My rug was no longer visible, and as I went through to the kitchen at quarter to 7 to make my first cup of tea, the pang of breakfast hunger in my stomach was temporarily replaced with a huge pang of excitement. This was gonna be brilliant I thought! Then my stomach rumbled again and I was quickly distracted by a big mug of tea and a pile of hot toast. Women you say? Fickle? Never.

3 oclock in the morning rants!! but thanks for showing me the way back to my blog!!

Envy of the world? The arts culture in Britain? Steady on there, not even I, a fully fledged Brit believes that, or can indeed quote that. Before we start making sweeping statements such as, we need to asses what is the Arts exactly, And Banksy can f*** off, he is no exception.

16 September 2010 19:06

fafarts said...

Brunonoble, nice story, and a good moral,(artists abusing funding just to unleash there egotistical, fantastical bullshit on the world is selfish and shouldn't be funded) however, the "Arts" spans wider and i find your argument naive and also offensive to the hundreds of people working hard, solely dedicated to using the Arts as a regenerative tool often in communities badly effected by .depression, and often producing astounding results.

16 September 2010 19:21

fafarts said...

...and that hard work, dedicated to rebuilding FAITH in communities (that has duly being broken down by government and banks) should be part funded by the state. I do also believe however that artists should be more entrepreneurial... on that note, does anyone want to buy a postcard so we can make a community arts project happen?

16 September 2010 19:31