Site-Specific, Immersive Theatre / Solo Performance / Digital Monologue • London & Hull • 3 weeks
Pre-production
1 week
Production
1 week
Post-production
1 week
This project creates a short, compelling live performance piece that physically and thematically connects Hull and London. The concept: a site-specific monologue performed by a lone actor in the bustling, transitory space of King’s Cross Station in London. The character is a retired trawler-man from Hull, calling his estranged daughter who lives in London. The entire performance is a one-sided, emotionally charged phone conversation, blending live acting with a pre-recorded, ghostly soundscape of Hull’s docks, seagulls, and the hum of the Humber Bridge. The actor will use a vintage-style rotary phone, a small suitcase as a stage, and will be dressed in weathered fisherman’s gear. What makes this unique is the bi- city narrative and the use of a simple, everyday object (a phone) to create an entire world. The performance will be filmed from a single, static camera position, creating a powerful, intimate digital document. The project leverages the current trend of ‘quiet’ storytelling and the resurgence of interest in regional British identities. The final deliverables will be the live performance (public or private), a high-quality short film of the monologue, and a behind-the-scenes ‘making of’ that explores the creative process of connecting two distinct places through performance.
This project creates a short, compelling live performance piece that physically and thematically connects Hull and London. The concept: a site-specific monologue performed by a lone actor in the bustling, transitory space of King’s Cross Station in London. The character is a retired trawler-man from Hull, calling his estranged daughter who lives in London. The entire performance is a one-sided, emotionally charged phone conversation, blending live acting with a pre-recorded, ghostly soundscape of Hull’s docks, seagulls, and the hum of the Humber Bridge. The actor will use a vintage-style rotary phone, a small suitcase as a stage, and will be dressed in weathered fisherman’s gear. What makes this unique is the bi- city narrative and the use of a simple, everyday object (a phone) to create an entire world. The performance will be filmed from a single, static camera position, creating a powerful, intimate digital document. The project leverages the current trend of ‘quiet’ storytelling and the resurgence of interest in regional British identities. The final deliverables will be the live performance (public or private), a high-quality short film of the monologue, and a behind-the-scenes ‘making of’ that explores the creative process of connecting two distinct places through performance.
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