Third Angel week

Greetings from North! 

Meghan here, filling you in about our week with Rachael Walton from Third Angel.

Working with Rachael was a real privilege. She gave us insight into devising and the processes you can go through to make autobiographical work. It was a challenging but very rewarding week. We discovered a lot about working as an ensemble, particularly in a certain 4 hour map-building task where we found Geography may not be our strongest point (and that it’s easy to mistake Salisbury with Sainsbury’s!) Rachael equipped us with a devising ‘toolkit’ which I know we will continue to use throughout and beyond North.  The week resulted in a scratch performance where we shared our process (and sordid secrets) with an invited audience - thanks to all who come along.

One of the tasks I particularly enjoyed was the sharing of photos and the stories behind them. There were some great baby pics and facts about our company, which I had to put up...

Here is Michael. He was born with a clubfoot so he can’t turn left. He has a secret obsession with Wet Wet Wet and he used to be in a boy band called Variation  (requests for autographs can take up to 28 days as we currently have a large backlog)

Aw baby George. He is terrified of The Moomins. George was once mugged by a cow, which stole his cigarettes and is yet to be caught. Below is an artist impression of the suspect, if you do see him please do not approach as he is said to be dangerous.

 

This little dude is Stan. Stan used to have really long hair and the doctor who delivered him as a baby was later arrested for not actually being a doctor.

This little cherub is Alice. Alice loves dogs, like really loves dogs. Alice used to think that dinosaurs weren't real, she thought they were like dragons and existed only in stories, cartoons and Disney.

The adorable Maria is from the village that's next to the coast but not quite on it. When she first moved to London she had 11 phones stolen from her bag on the 29 bus. Maria loves pugs, owls and jumpers with hearts on.

And this is me recording my audition tape for S Club Juniors (their loss if you ask me). I have a phobia of wet bread. My Geography teacher once told me that if I took the subject for GCSE he would quit his job, I definitely do not bark at my neighbours dogs for laughs and I, ahem, “used to have” a scary obsession with Leonardo Dicaprio. 

Pic coming soon! Alex loves animals more than humans end of.

NORTH have also been working with the brilliant Stage Door group. Stage Door is Northern Stage’s annual performance opportunity, open to all adults aged 16 and over. It’s an 8 week performance project taking place during the Spring season culminating in a Saturday evening performance in Stage 2. This year they are developing work loosely based on the themes of Blue Remembered Hills. They are a really talented bunch and you can get tickets for their performance here.

Once again we want to say a massive thank you to Rachael Walton, the lovely Rachael Oliver who was also helping us out this week and to everyone who came on Friday.

Love from the NOFFICE.

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