Key Ideas


Based on a mind map we created from the last lot of work, we highlighted two things in particular that we wanted to explore further. These were:

-Idea of being trapped

-The “in-between space” of the mind

We initially began with the idea of being trapped, looking at how we could represent this physically using parts of the set, but struggled to understand how we could present this in a non-literal sense. Instead the movement of the set inspired us to consider the two contrasting worlds we had created and how perhaps we could use the idea of being trapped as a way of interlinking the worlds through the mind. We decided to create a bigger set, including places where we thought we could explore better “trapped” as well as present this idea of the addicts mind bleeding into the real worlds around him. We therefore decided on a more chaotic set for the realistic worlds to be set in, so that the audience would be reminded that they are seeing this world through Jacks eyes.  We then explored movement within this set with a simple exercise. I think this will be important for any later work we do as we want to incorporate the set into the performance, and rather than feeling like the set is unnecessary, everything on stage should help to create the world.

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