THEATRE

Our devised project called FOR SALE: Newham 2058 took place in an imagined, post-apocalyptic borough of London where a troupe of players entertain the audience with cautionary tales of displacement, class division and housing crisis.

The movement piece was placed as a prologue and I choreographed it inspired by Meyerhold etudes. Throwing a stone created a parallel for brick making, which was our given topic, as well as Dactyl movement directly resembles the action of brickmaking. I used the idea of human machinery leading towards apocalyptic dystopia shown in hectic movement in the end as a metaphor of destroyed cities. 

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This project was our first term final assessment. We were inspired by the feeling of uncertainty of people whose loved ones disappeared. The project is called Quendanana, a Mexican word reflecting the origins of our director and our hope to implement this culture and views into this piece. My character was Connie Converse, a real-life singer, who disappeared. The memory of her was embodied in the last letter that she wrote as a farewell, which was used in this performance. This site-specific piece is a love letter to those who decided to leave.