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PART I: (James on the chair. Ash reading opening stage directions. Josh introduces Show. LIGHTS ARE DIM AND BEGIN TO SLOWLY FADE UP DURING THIS FIRST MONOLOGUE) ASH – A melody is heard, played upon a flute. It is small

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CASE FILE #5 A COMPILATION OF IPHONE NOTES THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS A senseless faint pulse and the power he had was taken by a bullet.  The deathly chill as his body was propped up on a table with his feet

CASE FILE #4 WE ARE THE PROFESSIONAL NORTHERNERS in February, myself and the rest of the collective took part in a scratch event in York showcasing some of our previous independent projects. After the short performance pieces, we were referred

CASE FILE #3 RESULT FROM THE MAKING PROCESS – “SORRY SPENCER” WHAT WE DID – Fitted the images into our conceptual framework – example: we used interrogation as a strategic means and theatrical tool to bare testimony to the event

CASE FILE #2 – THE MURDER OF SPENCER PERCEVAL + AND THE MAKING PROCESS Who is Spencer Perceval?! Imagine this: It’s the 11th May, 1812. You are in the lobby of the House of Commons. You’re waiting for the Prime

Start with the original composition and let theatre be the crime… When the module began, the Professional Northerners were commissioned to develop and adopt ways of compositional making to adapt a theatre performance as a collective. The commission invited the

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SO FAR, WE HAVE – Questioned different opportunities, ways of thinking and making as a collaborative Looked at the attitudes of fanSHEN, and how their styles could inspire us Explored music and how that could dictate a score to construct

SO FAR, WE HAVE – Questioned different opportunities, ways of thinking and making as a collaborative Looked at the attitudes of fanSHEN, and how their styles could inspire us Explored music and how that could dictate a score to construct