Parables of Jesus
Basically, according to the bible, Jesus told a load of
stories the help illustrate how the Lord thinks we should live our lives (such as the ‘Good
Samaritan’ story). These were called Parables, and there are quite a few to
choose from. I have started to talk about this because we are all moving
towards a more religious based performance and these allow us to modernise the
stories (if we wish) and/or mix some together. This will make our audience
think about how they live their lives and hopefully make a lasting impact on
them, while also allowing us to create something emotionally engaging and
possibly a little quirky at times.
Also this will link back to Churches if we all decide to
perform in a church.
Mental disorders
I know I keep going back to this, but I love the idea that
we all see things differently. For example I will see something and think one
thing, while Jay will see the same thing and interpret it completely different
than me. I feel that mental disorders just highlight this concept. We could
find a fairy story and relate each character to a mental disorder (maybe Alice
in Wonderland). I got this kind of idea from the fact that I have thought about
it a few times and it interests me, plus the fact that Winnie the Pooh was
meant to be based on mental disorders: Tigger had severe ADHD, Piglet had
anxiety issues, Rabbit was a pedantic loner, Owl had OCD, Eore had extreme
depression, while Pooh represented an addict.
This linked to the idea of the AA meeting that we had when
we went to Rochester Cathedral – in the Crypt. Of course, we are not allowed to
perform in there now, but St Matthew’s church (at the end of my road) had a
very similar layout for chairs behind the alter.
Short Brothers
Seaplane factory
Somewhere in Rochester, there is a network of tunnels that
have been abandoned since the 1990’s. I have done a bit of research and cannot
find who owns them. However, there is a website that can organise tours around
them and I am trying to get in contact with them – but looks like they may not
respond immediately…
After researching some more, I have found out that the entrances to these tunnels have now been built over and we cannot get to them - but there may be similar tunnels around if we like the idea of performing in a similar space to this.
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