Talking as a group we choose 4 more specific ideas to start narrowing down our choice. After discussing what we wanted from a location we decided that Fort Amherst would be a good place to base a performance around. It is in Chatham so would be convenient for everyone to get to, also they're are lots of places within the fort that we can perform. The tunnels especially I think are great as there are lots of different rooms to use within the tunnel system. As we are a big group it is going to be tricky to create a piece that uses us all, so we decided using promenade would help as we can split the scenes in different place into smaller groups, including everyone. We need to visit the space before we decide on anything to make sure we can fit into the tunnels and fit an audience in. Another idea that some of us liked was the night club Tap'n'Tin, which has numerous rooms and could be dark, also fitting what we talked about wanting for our piece. We would be able to do a promenade in there although there are stairs which may be difficult to get up and down, also it could be expensive to hire for an evening because it is a night club.
As two groups we started thinking of ideas as to what we could do in one of the chosen locations. We chose to brainstorm for Fort Amherst as this was what our group felt most inspired by. Our idea is to have Fort Amherst as some kind of safe haven to people with mental health issues. They are drawn to the fort to keep them safe and with people the same as them. I think a good way to introduce the piece would be a using a pre-recorded video, this is also a way that we can include Theo in our performance as he wont be here. I think this idea is good but we need to keep developing our different ideas so that we have a good range of choice, to keep our creativity.
