Critical Evaluation

Little Review of myself during the process

Throughout the process I feel I have learnt and grown, but have also had come to the harsh realisation that in the real world, this type of devising work is something that may not be accessible to me. . As stated in a previous blog post, my group accommodated for me very well but I feel I did let them down in not going out and seeking some extra support I needed. I am going to look into and finding a way to manage or sort out my energy better during rehearsals; but this is also out of my control.

As a member of the group, I felt I did bring a professional but calm dynamic to rehearsals.  I seemed to be the one, urging people to utilize and schedule our time but was not always forward and assertive enough. I will bring this out in the future though as it is an important necessity to any group. Although I wasn't always the quickest on picking up and creating idea's, which can be frustrating for others members, I felt like conceptually with the idea's I did bring, I made up for it. I thoroughly enjoy critically analysing, and so liked to make sure our piece was stylistically up to a good standard of performance and found myself doing quite a lot of the research that benefited to the piece.

In regards to my contributions outside of the rehearsal room, I helped make and design the final poster, created the events page, cut out the majority of the 'papercut' letters and words that were used and did go into town and purchase all of the torches and majority of props for the piece.

Overall, I feel I have learnt a lot during theatre project; whether that be negative or positive. I feel like I have left this process with a realistic head on my shoulders. I now know what is expected within devising work and how much stamina it takes. Everything you do is completely consumed with thoughts of the process. However, the importance of our topic is what pulled me through and I hope we were able to share some realistic home truth's about the realities of coping with sensory loss. It made every minute of this process worth while and everything I learnt will stay with me for a long time; I hope it does the audience too.

Bibliography 

• Cronshaw, A. (2015). Review: Golem at HOME, Manchester. The Manchester Evening News. [online] Available at: http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/theatre-news/review-golem-at-home-manchester-10220839 [Accessed 12 Oct. 2015].
• Dack Virnig, 2015. Deaf Man's ASL Storytelling, "Fish" [online]. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DR4HF6S_hz0 [Accessed November 16, 2016].
• Digital Theatre, (2013) Unmissable Culture - Frantic Assembly's Lovesong Exclusive Clip. Available from: <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_ZF6R3awyI> [Accessed 2 November 2015].
• DistantMirrors, (2012). Eric Satie - Gymnopédie No.1. [video].
• Etchells, T. (1999) Certain Fragments - Contemporary Performance and Forced Entertainment. 1st ed. London, Routledge.
• Festspiele, S. (2015). FestspielFenster: Suzanne Andrade über „Golem". [video] Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jz2Gmq0fAis [Accessed 12 Oct. 2015].
• FORZA, 2015. Inside Out (Original Soundtrack) 01 - Bundle of Joy [Main Theme], Michael Giacchino [online]. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jRHsRNIieQ&list=PL8ZjLVDZiRq2dszLImMWIgwgeFkxc-3sJ [Accessed November 16, 2015].
• Glendinning, A. 2015. Serial Killer dubbed 'The Pusher' is killing city's gay men by pushing them into canal's, says author. The Mirror [online]. Available from: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/serial-killer-dubbed-the-pusher-6318233 [Accessed August 28, 2015].
• Graham, S. and Hoggett, S. 2014. The Frantic Assembly Book of Devising Theatre 2nd ed. Oxon: Routledge.
• Harris, C. 2015. Calvin Harris & Disciples - How Deep Is Your Love [online]. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgqUJOudrcM [Accessed July 15, 2015].
• Hesketh, S. and Pye, D. 2015. EXCLUSIVE: 'Find out who killed our sons!' New canal death sparks fears The Pusher's back. Daily Star [online]. Available from: http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/424390/Manchester-canal-Pusher-killer-students-deaths-tragic-parents-find-murderer [Accessed August 16, 2015]. 
• Johnstone, K. 1979. 'Impro' Improvisation and Theatre. Great Britain: Methuen Drama.
• McAuley, G. 1999. Space in performance. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.
• Malerman, J. 2014. BirdBox. London: HarperVoyager.
• Manufrakass, 2007. Charlie Chaplin - The Lion's Cage [online]. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79i84xYelZI [Accessed November 15, 2015].
• Marshall, L. 2002. The body speaks. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
• National Theatre Discover, (2015) Frantic Assembly Masterclass: Building Blocks for Devising. Available from: <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUqZPfGIX6U> [Accessed 2 November 2015].
• MBartholomew22, 2015. "Hello" Adele - ASL Interpretation [online]. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpqdgFM8zSU [Accessed November 17, 2015].
• National Deaf Children's Society, 2012. Deaf Awareness: Face me when you talk [online]. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dZDFP05ZGA [Accessed November 17, 2015].
• National Deaf Children's Society, 2012. Deaf Awareness: Talk Normally [online]. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xT3e0HySKY [Accessed November 17, 2015].
• No Author, 2015. 'The Pusher' 60 bodies dragged from Manchester Canal, Serial Killer Rumoured. RT Question More [online]. Available from: https://www.rt.com/uk/222655-serial-killer-manchester-canals/ [Accessed August 15, 2015].
• Om Iyay, 2015. Katy Perry - Fireworks (Acoustic Karaoke/ Minus One) [online]. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82vHZwzeIoI [Accessed September 5, 2015].
• PedobaerUPedohase, 2013. The XX - Intro [online]. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gxNW2Ulpwk [Accessed November 6, 2015].
• Poynter, R. 2014. Shit Hearing People Say (Things You Don't Say to Deaf & Hard of Hearing) [online]. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCGko6m_WZQ [Accessed November 2, 2015].
• Rhys, E. (2015). Golem, HOME. [online] The Manchester Review. Available at: http://www.themanchesterreview.co.uk/?p=5099 [Accessed 12 Oct. 2015].
• Robkardani, (2009) Enya - Sail Away (Orinoco Flow). Available from: <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glyErSTQrDI> [Accessed 3 November 2015].
• Rodgers, T. 2015. The Pusher: Channel 4 documentary to investigate Manchester canal 'Serial Killer' claim. Salford News [online]. Available from: http://salfordonline.com/6621-the-pusher-channel-4-documentary-to-investigate-manchester-canal-serial-killer-claim.html [Accessed August 24, 2015].
• Sappho, S. 2015. Beautiful Soul Signing "U" by Gareth Emery to her Deaf Friend at TomorrowWorld 2014 [online]. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qk3h1MJyv8 [Accessed October 2, 2015].
• TheCornerShopPR, (2011) Steven Hoggett and Scott Graham - Lovesong- Frantic Assembly. Available from: <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF-22alcjAU> [Accessed 2 November 2015].
• tigervonwhiskeypur, 2013. Charlie Chaplin "Filmmusik" [online]. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-DpJyyBY1E [Accessed November 16, 2015].
• Warnervoduk. 2014. The science of sleep. [Online]. [Date Accessed: 13th October, 2015]. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TibGeB7NHIo
• Wheatstone, R. 2015. 'The Pusher' professor stands by canal serial killer claims and says bereaved families share his fears. Manchester Evening News [online]. Available from: http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/the-pusher-professor-stands-canal-8450695 [Accessed August 15, 2015]. 
• Youtube, (2011). 4 Bar and Rising. [online] Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpatthkyCmk [Accessed 2 Nov. 2015].

Review of performances (1st & 2nd December)

I can now proudly say that after an absolute roller coaster ride of a journey; our group has now finished the practical side of theatre project!! I must say that, as a group although we performed better on the first night. I personally felt my performance individually on the second night was slightly stronger.

Everyone was extremely nervous the day of the performance;  in the morning we were still eagerly cutting out individual letters and sticking them onto string for the final scene. The technician said as we were on first we could have a run through of the performance in the morning. We did this and it seemed to run much more smoothly. Collectively as a group we decided to run through the flocking scene as it was the one with the biggest emotional impact and also the one we were struggling with most. Kane also sat and listened to us perform the 'Hello' narrative and gave us lots of great direction and feedback on how we can use our voices and tempo to keep the audience engaged. At times in rehearsal; it really felt like it dragged.

In the afternoon, I went home to get ready and sorted for the show! I was meant to have a rest here but we didn't have time to accommodate for this. After this, I went back round to the Robert Powell where Jack, Kane and I again went through the 'flocking' choreography. As the other show was performing, we went downstairs in the make up room and we all stood in a circle and got ourselves warmed up. I slipped up on some choreography where things got heated a little with Kane and I but I can't even remember what this was over so it was obviously not important and just from the buzz! We then managed to channel this extra energy into positive affirmations before the show. All I needed to make sure when setting up was that I had my phone ready with the music to play, my ear plugs were untangled, strings hidden in the elastic of my leggings, and that my words were ready with fresh tape to be put onto the shadow screen.

As the curtains opened; my heart was literally pounding in my chest! This performance is actually the biggest thing I have ever done in an actual theatre! I was both extremely excited, and extremely daunted. I did some deep breathing technique,s as the light sequence was taking place, to help try and calm my nerves a little. We then all 'circuited' onto the stage and did the scene I was most worried about. The 'flocking' scene. I think I did okay at this scene but was aware my hands were shaking a lot! Although I wasn't as loose as I could have been, I did try and commit as much as possible to really project my voice and point at people. I realised that often what I think is big on stage, actually looks very subtle. With this in mind I made sure to go a lot bigger than I feel I needed to! I did at one point say 'The girl over there is wearing a turtle' due to my cognitive problems but managed to carry on; I don't think anyone actually noticed. The flocking scene after this didn't go as we had planned. Usually Sarah walked off a lot earlier than she had done in previous rehearsals. As she was blindfolded, it obviously took her a lot longer to get off the stage and we hadn't accommodated for this in regards to the build. It actually got to the point where me, Kane and Jack were just walking round the stage in silence, praying for the narrative to start! Luckily, Sarah got to the mic and it didn't seem to affect the intensity of the next movement sequence we perform during the narrative; which we got right - yey!

Personally for me I thought that the 'Hello' sequence and 'Charlie Chaplin' sequence ran smoothly. I had actually bought bubbles for the 'Imagination' section but unfortunately they just wouldn't blow so I quickly went back round to the other side of the stage in preparation for the 'Circuit' scene. At this point, I had managed to get a hold of my nerves but did find that at one point I went back into that silly robotic movement so quickly made sure I went into a more natural movement. I did stray to far into the audience but this was not done purposely; I just had to stay calm and continue to navigate myself off the stage.

The 'sound of silence' luckily ran smoothly! In the tech my music actually didn't play but I managed to wing the rhythm with the rest of the group. Luckily it all went smoothly in the performance and we managed to be en pointe with our execution! Another thing I was slightly nervous about was getting to the audio description in time as it was pitch black behind stage and I had to manoeuvre around the curtains; Jack luckily had a light on his phone that he shone on the page for me. I struggled with my breath on the first night a little bit so made sure on the second night that I kept control of my breathing and took my time.

Unfortunately, on the first night as it was so dark I actually managed to walk down the wrong part of the stage so had to try and run to get in on time with the music. It really flustered me and I actually ended up forgetting the beginning lyrics of the song. I managed to pick it up at the end but was completely devastated and ended up in tears after the performance had finished. This is possibly due to the fact I was also absolutely exhausted! Ironically on the second night as I had people close to me watching, my singing was actually technically weaker even though I didn't forget the lyrics as I was so incredibly nervous!!

Overall, I am pleased with how the performances went. One of the comments was that "I didn't get at first but then I was crying and was like, oh that is related to being deaf and then, oh that is when your blind! I got it" (Devon, 20). This to me means we were successful in our project aims; it also illustrates that audiences are clever and do not need to spoon fed stories. People often don't remember what happened, but they do remember how it made them feel and that is definitely what we were touching upon in our piece.

The aspects that let us down during this performance actually all lead back to having a more professional approach to the practice and actually spending more time really developing the material. If we were to continue developing this piece I feel like there are a few avenue's we could go down to really improve it. One is using the space outside of the auditorium to get the audience in the right mind frame for the performance; maybe we could have incorporated the circuit into this? We initially had the idea of  even blindfolding the audience!

In regards to the 'flocking' sequence I also think it would have been interesting to bring in aspects of deafness in with this. If she can't see there is no reason why we couldn't have explored this also. It would have brought a new dynamic to the piece. The 'Have you ever heard?' narrative also had so many possibilities in exploring it with sign language and the physical body but we didn't have time. If I were to be in a workshop based environment again I would make sure I am more diligent with time and try and find a way to manage my condition better. It is also important that I speak up more in the process and become more assertive if I am not happy with things being done. I did however thoroughly enjoy this project, thought my group dealt with how I was in rehearsal very well and the things I have learnt will stick with me for ever.

Bibliography 

• Cronshaw, A. (2015). Review: Golem at HOME, Manchester. The Manchester Evening News. [online] Available at: http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/theatre-news/review-golem-at-home-manchester-10220839 [Accessed 12 Oct. 2015].
• Dack Virnig, 2015. Deaf Man's ASL Storytelling, "Fish" [online]. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DR4HF6S_hz0 [Accessed November 16, 2016].
• Digital Theatre, (2013) Unmissable Culture - Frantic Assembly's Lovesong Exclusive Clip. Available from: <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_ZF6R3awyI> [Accessed 2 November 2015].
• DistantMirrors, (2012). Eric Satie - Gymnopédie No.1. [video].
• Etchells, T. (1999) Certain Fragments - Contemporary Performance and Forced Entertainment. 1st ed. London, Routledge.
• Festspiele, S. (2015). FestspielFenster: Suzanne Andrade über „Golem". [video] Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jz2Gmq0fAis [Accessed 12 Oct. 2015].
• FORZA, 2015. Inside Out (Original Soundtrack) 01 - Bundle of Joy [Main Theme], Michael Giacchino [online]. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jRHsRNIieQ&list=PL8ZjLVDZiRq2dszLImMWIgwgeFkxc-3sJ [Accessed November 16, 2015].
• Glendinning, A. 2015. Serial Killer dubbed 'The Pusher' is killing city's gay men by pushing them into canal's, says author. The Mirror [online]. Available from: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/serial-killer-dubbed-the-pusher-6318233 [Accessed August 28, 2015].
• Graham, S. and Hoggett, S. 2014. The Frantic Assembly Book of Devising Theatre 2nd ed. Oxon: Routledge.
• Harris, C. 2015. Calvin Harris & Disciples - How Deep Is Your Love [online]. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgqUJOudrcM [Accessed July 15, 2015].
• Hesketh, S. and Pye, D. 2015. EXCLUSIVE: 'Find out who killed our sons!' New canal death sparks fears The Pusher's back. Daily Star [online]. Available from: http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/424390/Manchester-canal-Pusher-killer-students-deaths-tragic-parents-find-murderer [Accessed August 16, 2015]. 
• Johnstone, K. 1979. 'Impro' Improvisation and Theatre. Great Britain: Methuen Drama.
• McAuley, G. 1999. Space in performance. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.
• Malerman, J. 2014. BirdBox. London: HarperVoyager.
• Manufrakass, 2007. Charlie Chaplin - The Lion's Cage [online]. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79i84xYelZI [Accessed November 15, 2015].
• Marshall, L. 2002. The body speaks. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
• National Theatre Discover, (2015) Frantic Assembly Masterclass: Building Blocks for Devising. Available from: <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUqZPfGIX6U> [Accessed 2 November 2015].
• MBartholomew22, 2015. "Hello" Adele - ASL Interpretation [online]. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpqdgFM8zSU [Accessed November 17, 2015].
• National Deaf Children's Society, 2012. Deaf Awareness: Face me when you talk [online]. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dZDFP05ZGA [Accessed November 17, 2015].
• National Deaf Children's Society, 2012. Deaf Awareness: Talk Normally [online]. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xT3e0HySKY [Accessed November 17, 2015].
• No Author, 2015. 'The Pusher' 60 bodies dragged from Manchester Canal, Serial Killer Rumoured. RT Question More [online]. Available from: https://www.rt.com/uk/222655-serial-killer-manchester-canals/ [Accessed August 15, 2015].
• Om Iyay, 2015. Katy Perry - Fireworks (Acoustic Karaoke/ Minus One) [online]. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82vHZwzeIoI [Accessed September 5, 2015].
• PedobaerUPedohase, 2013. The XX - Intro [online]. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gxNW2Ulpwk [Accessed November 6, 2015].
• Poynter, R. 2014. Shit Hearing People Say (Things You Don't Say to Deaf & Hard of Hearing) [online]. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCGko6m_WZQ [Accessed November 2, 2015].
• Rhys, E. (2015). Golem, HOME. [online] The Manchester Review. Available at: http://www.themanchesterreview.co.uk/?p=5099 [Accessed 12 Oct. 2015].
• Robkardani, (2009) Enya - Sail Away (Orinoco Flow). Available from: <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glyErSTQrDI> [Accessed 3 November 2015].
• Rodgers, T. 2015. The Pusher: Channel 4 documentary to investigate Manchester canal 'Serial Killer' claim. Salford News [online]. Available from: http://salfordonline.com/6621-the-pusher-channel-4-documentary-to-investigate-manchester-canal-serial-killer-claim.html [Accessed August 24, 2015].
• Sappho, S. 2015. Beautiful Soul Signing "U" by Gareth Emery to her Deaf Friend at TomorrowWorld 2014 [online]. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qk3h1MJyv8 [Accessed October 2, 2015].
• TheCornerShopPR, (2011) Steven Hoggett and Scott Graham - Lovesong- Frantic Assembly. Available from: <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF-22alcjAU> [Accessed 2 November 2015].
• tigervonwhiskeypur, 2013. Charlie Chaplin "Filmmusik" [online]. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-DpJyyBY1E [Accessed November 16, 2015].
• Warnervoduk. 2014. The science of sleep. [Online]. [Date Accessed: 13th October, 2015]. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TibGeB7NHIo
• Wheatstone, R. 2015. 'The Pusher' professor stands by canal serial killer claims and says bereaved families share his fears. Manchester Evening News [online]. Available from: http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/the-pusher-professor-stands-canal-8450695 [Accessed August 15, 2015]. 
• Youtube, (2011). 4 Bar and Rising. [online] Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpatthkyCmk [Accessed 2 Nov. 2015].

Jack's Tech Notes (30th November)

LFX Cue 1: Stage in blackout. The piece opens with pulsing lights made by us with torches , then shadows of two people doing sign language.

LFX Cue 2: Torch light go off. Audience lights go on. Once the lights on the screen go out, the audience are flooded with bright lights

Me jack and Katie study the audience for a minute picking out things they are wearing or doing

LFX Cue 3: Dim white wash and two spots DSL and DSR (The lights come off of the audience and there is a dim light on stage with two spot lights) Sarah comes out and we begin pacing in a triangle discussing the audience whilst Sarah is trying to hear us

LFX Cue 4: Sarah finishes a monologue over the microphone. After this sequence the room fall into complete darkness for the hello sequence

SFX 1: One radio mic on the stage

SFX 2: Track 1 on CD. After 5 seconds the Charlie chaplin music begins followed by torch light on the shadow screens saying im going to tell you a story there is a sequence with Charlie chaplin. One microphone comes on

LFX Cue 5: Main shadow light goes on. The main shadow lights come on during the line she “she made up her own characters and world” and the Charlie chaplin music fades out.

SFX 3: Track 2 of CD. this is then followed by a fade in for the imagination music

LFX Cue 6: Dim wash house lights. White wash on stage .This shadow light goes off and then there is a dimly lit wash over the audience and stage.

SFX 4 Track 3 When sarah enters the stage and looks out into the audience after five seconds eric satie song comes on. Microphone goes on.

LFX Cue 7: House lights off. When Katie and Kane get on to the stage  

Cue cards follows with the song still playing. Fade SFX 4 out on last cue card

Next we do the sound of silence with headphones

LFX Cue 8: Black out on stage.

SFX 5: Microphone on. After this The instrumental audio of sound of silence (Track 4) then plays on the line ‘ 1,2,3 and on the fourth beat look down and press play on the musical devices’ with the audio description read over the top.

LFX Cue: 9: The main light then comes on the shadow screen again.

SFX 6: Track 5 For the singing sequence

LFX Cue 10: The sequence ends with a shadow leading Katie off then the lights go off. 

Tech day! (30th November)

Jitters, jitters and more jitters! Well, After an absolutely exhausting weekend I was really pleased I managed to get to the Robert Powell in time to help set up for the Tech rehearsals. Part of our grade is on having a good 'In' and 'Out'. This basically means, like in the professional world - that you arrive in good time to help the technicians load and unload the van at either sites. As there is four people in our group, Jack and Sarah helped load the van at Adelphi, and Kane and I helped unload at the Allerton Building. I must say, the shadow screen was a lot longer than I had anticipated and it was rather comical to see me and the technician walk through the car park - the wind and rain thrashing at us - with this big shadow screen; it nearly took off.

We weren't in till the afternoon so, at 11am Kane I got a taxi back round to Adelphi. Jack and Sarah had got the shadow screen all up and sorted. I was a bit mortified as we did have to spent time quickly cutting out more of the letters as I just hadn't managed to get them finished. This was extremely annoying but they were crucial to the performance. After this, we quickly ran through each scene individually. Again, the 'flocking' scene was an absolute mess so we had to run that about 20 times! Sarah was getting agitated, understandably, as she wanted to run through the whole piece and we were quickly running out of time. We then had to skip straight to the bird scene as this was a scene we all felt uncomfortable with. After going through this, we then had to book another taxi and nip round to the Allterton building. I quickly managed to grab some food before we headed in for our tech. 

Jack had the tech notes and so went to the top desk to run through the things he needed to know about the music, healthy and safety form and the lightning we wanted to use. Our piece is heavily dependant on the light so it is really important we get it spot on. You can find the notes here. Our queues were not narratives but from description of what we were doing on stage which, obviously, leaves a lot of room for error! The technician was absolutely fantastic and went through the piece with us section by section. He even offered us different coloured lights and strengths for each part of the piece. One of the bits I couldn't understand was why we had spotlights on Sarah during the flocking scene; this wasn't something discussed in rehearsal but I left it for now to discuss when the run was finished. I personally didn't like that; I felt the scene was about her not keeping up and so it would be more effective for everyone to be seen. One hiccup we also encountered was that at the 'Charlie Chaplin' scene we were going to incorporate 'I am going to tell you a story' with cut out paper on sticks; unfortunately due to the metal stands holding up the shadow screen, it was not physically possible for us to do this so we had to cut it.

Niki then arrived and so we did a run for her and Mark Creamer. As we hadn't performed a lot of scenes in front of her; I found it very nerve racking. She said she felt we could have done with another week and I agreed. In hindsight, this could have also been resolved by, us, using our time more effectively and preciously. However, it was the day before the first show, and we were all pumped and ready to do everything we could to perfect it! Collectively as a group, we were advised to scrap and change up two scenes. These were parts we all knew, deep down, needed more work. The first was the bird scene with the music. In the space of the auditorium, my singing did not carry and Niki found the music to be unrelated and unnecessary, it does make sense, as the music was really there for an aid in the rehearsals. She also thought the narrative that was written was cheesy. I burst out laughing at this because I genuinely had not realised how, almost, cringey the writing was for the bird extract!! It was not relatable to a modern day audience and seemed more suited to spectators from the 1920's! Instead of this, we worked on the just having the circuit scene but really focussing on us, as performers, preparing ourselves to map the space in preparation for us being blind. We also completely cut out the bird segment.

Another part we were asked to change was the 'Have you ever heard.''. Now, from day one no one really liked the cue card idea so I think we were relieved to change it to something else. Instead of having Sarah on stage looking at the bird, we had her thinking about the questions Jack was asking over the mic. It seemed more playful and made the segment look more stylish on stage. As Sarah looks quite wistful, it also added a truthfulness to the scene. We were also told as a group that the conversation, during the flocking scene, needed to be done more assertively with purpose and clarity. This comes from confidence within our own ability mainly. Sarah was also told she needed to have her eyes closed to make the scene more realistic.

Things I needed to work on personally throughout the performance was to match everybody else's energy on stage. When it was the 'exposure' scene and we had to point out part's of people's clothes, I was pointing at the audience with little arm extensions but keeping my hands more to the middle of me. Jack and Kane on the other hand were doing full arm extensions and, rightly so, assertively pointing at the audience. My voice was also inconsistent to the volume of Jack and Kane and so this was something I needed to really boost for the performance! I needed to make sure I matched the others. I knew that my fear of relying on my brain (which often doesn't let me think properly) was holding me back slightly but this is absolutely something I need to overcome. As Niki was saying, our material is in front of us, it is there, there is no need to worry. We have got this.

During the circuit scene, I also needed to make sure I did this naturally. For some bizarre reason, unbeknown to even me, I kept going into a dance like robotic movement! As this scene was meant to be about naturally mapping a space it looked completely out of place and rather comical. This is something I need to be aware of in the live performance! I need to try and relax as much as possible that it doesn't happen again. I was also told I needed all the letters cutting out which I knew; I do not think anyone had any idea how time consuming this was so I could have done with maybe asking for a hand if not well!

After Niki left, we just tried to run it as much as possible. Kane also had the brilliant idea, to give the piece more of a structure, that we should circuit around and onto the stage whenever entering or leaving. I really liked this idea and we all seemed to pick it up quickly. I felt okay about the rehearsal today but was absolutely shattered and knew we still had bits that needed a lot of polishing. I was absolutely shattered by the time I got in at 6pm. I had a little rest and by the time I had finished my tea and had a shower in preparation for next day it was after 8:30pm. Kane and I then sat in the hallway and wrote out all the letters and started to cut them out. By 11pm we had finished writing out all the letters and cut some of them out but I felt so ill and with an early start in the morning, we thought it would be best if we went to bed and sorted out it the next day. It was a hard decision to make but we were getting no where. We should have deligated jobs better! All in all, I did actually really enjoy the buzz of today but was also incredibly nervous about the show the next day!

Bibliography 

• Cronshaw, A. (2015). Review: Golem at HOME, Manchester. The Manchester Evening News. [online] Available at: http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/theatre-news/review-golem-at-home-manchester-10220839 [Accessed 12 Oct. 2015].
• Dack Virnig, 2015. Deaf Man's ASL Storytelling, "Fish" [online]. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DR4HF6S_hz0 [Accessed November 16, 2016].
• Digital Theatre, (2013) Unmissable Culture - Frantic Assembly's Lovesong Exclusive Clip. Available from: <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_ZF6R3awyI> [Accessed 2 November 2015].
• DistantMirrors, (2012). Eric Satie - Gymnopédie No.1. [video].
• Etchells, T. (1999) Certain Fragments - Contemporary Performance and Forced Entertainment. 1st ed. London, Routledge.
• Festspiele, S. (2015). FestspielFenster: Suzanne Andrade über „Golem". [video] Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jz2Gmq0fAis [Accessed 12 Oct. 2015].
• FORZA, 2015. Inside Out (Original Soundtrack) 01 - Bundle of Joy [Main Theme], Michael Giacchino [online]. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jRHsRNIieQ&list=PL8ZjLVDZiRq2dszLImMWIgwgeFkxc-3sJ [Accessed November 16, 2015].
• Glendinning, A. 2015. Serial Killer dubbed 'The Pusher' is killing city's gay men by pushing them into canal's, says author. The Mirror [online]. Available from: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/serial-killer-dubbed-the-pusher-6318233 [Accessed August 28, 2015].
• Graham, S. and Hoggett, S. 2014. The Frantic Assembly Book of Devising Theatre 2nd ed. Oxon: Routledge.
• Harris, C. 2015. Calvin Harris & Disciples - How Deep Is Your Love [online]. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgqUJOudrcM [Accessed July 15, 2015].
• Hesketh, S. and Pye, D. 2015. EXCLUSIVE: 'Find out who killed our sons!' New canal death sparks fears The Pusher's back. Daily Star [online]. Available from: http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/424390/Manchester-canal-Pusher-killer-students-deaths-tragic-parents-find-murderer [Accessed August 16, 2015]. 
• Johnstone, K. 1979. 'Impro' Improvisation and Theatre. Great Britain: Methuen Drama.
• McAuley, G. 1999. Space in performance. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.
• Malerman, J. 2014. BirdBox. London: HarperVoyager.
• Manufrakass, 2007. Charlie Chaplin - The Lion's Cage [online]. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79i84xYelZI [Accessed November 15, 2015].
• Marshall, L. 2002. The body speaks. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
• National Theatre Discover, (2015) Frantic Assembly Masterclass: Building Blocks for Devising. Available from: <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUqZPfGIX6U> [Accessed 2 November 2015].
• MBartholomew22, 2015. "Hello" Adele - ASL Interpretation [online]. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpqdgFM8zSU [Accessed November 17, 2015].
• National Deaf Children's Society, 2012. Deaf Awareness: Face me when you talk [online]. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dZDFP05ZGA [Accessed November 17, 2015].
• National Deaf Children's Society, 2012. Deaf Awareness: Talk Normally [online]. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xT3e0HySKY [Accessed November 17, 2015].
• No Author, 2015. 'The Pusher' 60 bodies dragged from Manchester Canal, Serial Killer Rumoured. RT Question More [online]. Available from: https://www.rt.com/uk/222655-serial-killer-manchester-canals/ [Accessed August 15, 2015].
• Om Iyay, 2015. Katy Perry - Fireworks (Acoustic Karaoke/ Minus One) [online]. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82vHZwzeIoI [Accessed September 5, 2015].
• PedobaerUPedohase, 2013. The XX - Intro [online]. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gxNW2Ulpwk [Accessed November 6, 2015].
• Poynter, R. 2014. Shit Hearing People Say (Things You Don't Say to Deaf & Hard of Hearing) [online]. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCGko6m_WZQ [Accessed November 2, 2015].
• Rhys, E. (2015). Golem, HOME. [online] The Manchester Review. Available at: http://www.themanchesterreview.co.uk/?p=5099 [Accessed 12 Oct. 2015].
• Robkardani, (2009) Enya - Sail Away (Orinoco Flow). Available from: <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glyErSTQrDI> [Accessed 3 November 2015].
• Rodgers, T. 2015. The Pusher: Channel 4 documentary to investigate Manchester canal 'Serial Killer' claim. Salford News [online]. Available from: http://salfordonline.com/6621-the-pusher-channel-4-documentary-to-investigate-manchester-canal-serial-killer-claim.html [Accessed August 24, 2015].
• Sappho, S. 2015. Beautiful Soul Signing "U" by Gareth Emery to her Deaf Friend at TomorrowWorld 2014 [online]. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qk3h1MJyv8 [Accessed October 2, 2015].
• TheCornerShopPR, (2011) Steven Hoggett and Scott Graham - Lovesong- Frantic Assembly. Available from: <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF-22alcjAU> [Accessed 2 November 2015].
• tigervonwhiskeypur, 2013. Charlie Chaplin "Filmmusik" [online]. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-DpJyyBY1E [Accessed November 16, 2015].
• Warnervoduk. 2014. The science of sleep. [Online]. [Date Accessed: 13th October, 2015]. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TibGeB7NHIo
• Wheatstone, R. 2015. 'The Pusher' professor stands by canal serial killer claims and says bereaved families share his fears. Manchester Evening News [online]. Available from: http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/the-pusher-professor-stands-canal-8450695 [Accessed August 15, 2015]. 
• Youtube, (2011). 4 Bar and Rising. [online] Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpatthkyCmk [Accessed 2 Nov. 2015].

Bad practice means good show? Last minute preperations (27th November)

I think one of the things we learnt yesterday was that we had completely underestimated how long the 'flocking' scene would take to perfect. Today was the last rehearsal slot we had before the show and so at first I was pretty annoyed as people waisted nearly 2 hours just messing around, singing, doing dances, warm up's and general faffing. As I have ME, it means that the time I have energy is even more precious, and so after this waisted time, I was just completely deflated. I was glad there was good energy in the room and we had gelled as a group but really, we did need to crack on.

We ran through all the scenes we could without shadow screen, printed off all running orders and narratives correctly and that was about it. There was a good development in the 'Flocking' scene however, as Kane and I came up with the idea that as Sarah was saying her narrative, that we could adjust our movement to fit the text. As she was speaking about isolated we did a sequence of moves - in the same pattern - that left Jack on his, me on my own and then moving up and down as a group. At the end we all looked at each other for support but also fear at who it could be next. Even with this, words I wrote in my notebook for this rehearsal just consisted of 'poor, poor and poor'. As it was the technical rehearsal next session, everyone left pretty annoyed and anxious to be honest. This was not the professional attitude you should have 3 days before a tech run.

Sarah did however manage to come up with this list in preparation for Monday.

Bring all torches and all black clothes

Write up all narratives

Katie needs to cut more words out

Headphones and iPod- music downloaded

Sarah add to narration of 'when you loose your sight'

Words need remaking for I'm going to tell you a story

Every one needs to rehearse sound of silence

The tech script needs writing for Dave

At the weekend, even with working till 4:30am on both Friday and Saturday, I managed to go into town and buy a new phone (so I had something to play my music on), more card and string for my scene. I had bought some ribbon I thought at the time would look cool but I then realised it looked cheap and completely ridiculous! I also began remaking the words as much as possible but this is actually extremely time consuming and I did not get as much done as I had initially thought! Kane sat out in the corridor and helped me with this. 

The Sunday I just completely rested and Kane went through the order of the piece with me so that I could run through and know it inside, up and down. 

The final running order was as follows:

PULSING LIGHT- JACK SIGNS

BIG BRIGHT LIGHT ON AUDIENCE- PICK OUT AUDIENCE MEMBERS

FLOCKING ROUTINE- STARTS WITH 3 THEN SARAH ENTERS

SARAH MONOLOGUE

HELLO SEQUENCE

‘IM GOING TO TELL YOU A STORY’ CUT OUT

CHARLIE CHAPLIN

IMAGINATION SCENE

CIRCUIT- SARAH ENTERS AND THEN BIRD SCENE

QUE CARDS

SOUND OF SILENCE

SOUND OF SILENCE AUDIO DESCRIPTION

KATIE SINGS SCENE, CIRCUIT AND AUDIO DESCRIPTION

Bibliography 

• Cronshaw, A. (2015). Review: Golem at HOME, Manchester. The Manchester Evening News. [online] Available at: http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/theatre-news/review-golem-at-home-manchester-10220839 [Accessed 12 Oct. 2015].
• Dack Virnig, 2015. Deaf Man's ASL Storytelling, "Fish" [online]. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DR4HF6S_hz0 [Accessed November 16, 2016].
• Digital Theatre, (2013) Unmissable Culture - Frantic Assembly's Lovesong Exclusive Clip. Available from: <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_ZF6R3awyI> [Accessed 2 November 2015].
• DistantMirrors, (2012). Eric Satie - Gymnopédie No.1. [video].
• Etchells, T. (1999) Certain Fragments - Contemporary Performance and Forced Entertainment. 1st ed. London, Routledge.
• Festspiele, S. (2015). FestspielFenster: Suzanne Andrade über „Golem". [video] Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jz2Gmq0fAis [Accessed 12 Oct. 2015].
• FORZA, 2015. Inside Out (Original Soundtrack) 01 - Bundle of Joy [Main Theme], Michael Giacchino [online]. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jRHsRNIieQ&list=PL8ZjLVDZiRq2dszLImMWIgwgeFkxc-3sJ [Accessed November 16, 2015].
• Glendinning, A. 2015. Serial Killer dubbed 'The Pusher' is killing city's gay men by pushing them into canal's, says author. The Mirror [online]. Available from: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/serial-killer-dubbed-the-pusher-6318233 [Accessed August 28, 2015].
• Graham, S. and Hoggett, S. 2014. The Frantic Assembly Book of Devising Theatre 2nd ed. Oxon: Routledge.
• Harris, C. 2015. Calvin Harris & Disciples - How Deep Is Your Love [online]. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgqUJOudrcM [Accessed July 15, 2015].
• Hesketh, S. and Pye, D. 2015. EXCLUSIVE: 'Find out who killed our sons!' New canal death sparks fears The Pusher's back. Daily Star [online]. Available from: http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/424390/Manchester-canal-Pusher-killer-students-deaths-tragic-parents-find-murderer [Accessed August 16, 2015]. 
• Johnstone, K. 1979. 'Impro' Improvisation and Theatre. Great Britain: Methuen Drama.
• McAuley, G. 1999. Space in performance. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.
• Malerman, J. 2014. BirdBox. London: HarperVoyager.
• Manufrakass, 2007. Charlie Chaplin - The Lion's Cage [online]. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79i84xYelZI [Accessed November 15, 2015].
• Marshall, L. 2002. The body speaks. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
• National Theatre Discover, (2015) Frantic Assembly Masterclass: Building Blocks for Devising. Available from: <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUqZPfGIX6U> [Accessed 2 November 2015].
• MBartholomew22, 2015. "Hello" Adele - ASL Interpretation [online]. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpqdgFM8zSU [Accessed November 17, 2015].
• National Deaf Children's Society, 2012. Deaf Awareness: Face me when you talk [online]. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dZDFP05ZGA [Accessed November 17, 2015].
• National Deaf Children's Society, 2012. Deaf Awareness: Talk Normally [online]. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xT3e0HySKY [Accessed November 17, 2015].
• No Author, 2015. 'The Pusher' 60 bodies dragged from Manchester Canal, Serial Killer Rumoured. RT Question More [online]. Available from: https://www.rt.com/uk/222655-serial-killer-manchester-canals/ [Accessed August 15, 2015].
• Om Iyay, 2015. Katy Perry - Fireworks (Acoustic Karaoke/ Minus One) [online]. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82vHZwzeIoI [Accessed September 5, 2015].
• PedobaerUPedohase, 2013. The XX - Intro [online]. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gxNW2Ulpwk [Accessed November 6, 2015].
• Poynter, R. 2014. Shit Hearing People Say (Things You Don't Say to Deaf & Hard of Hearing) [online]. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCGko6m_WZQ [Accessed November 2, 2015].
• Rhys, E. (2015). Golem, HOME. [online] The Manchester Review. Available at: http://www.themanchesterreview.co.uk/?p=5099 [Accessed 12 Oct. 2015].
• Robkardani, (2009) Enya - Sail Away (Orinoco Flow). Available from: <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glyErSTQrDI> [Accessed 3 November 2015].
• Rodgers, T. 2015. The Pusher: Channel 4 documentary to investigate Manchester canal 'Serial Killer' claim. Salford News [online]. Available from: http://salfordonline.com/6621-the-pusher-channel-4-documentary-to-investigate-manchester-canal-serial-killer-claim.html [Accessed August 24, 2015].
• Sappho, S. 2015. Beautiful Soul Signing "U" by Gareth Emery to her Deaf Friend at TomorrowWorld 2014 [online]. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qk3h1MJyv8 [Accessed October 2, 2015].
• TheCornerShopPR, (2011) Steven Hoggett and Scott Graham - Lovesong- Frantic Assembly. Available from: <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF-22alcjAU> [Accessed 2 November 2015].
• tigervonwhiskeypur, 2013. Charlie Chaplin "Filmmusik" [online]. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-DpJyyBY1E [Accessed November 16, 2015].
• Warnervoduk. 2014. The science of sleep. [Online]. [Date Accessed: 13th October, 2015]. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TibGeB7NHIo
• Wheatstone, R. 2015. 'The Pusher' professor stands by canal serial killer claims and says bereaved families share his fears. Manchester Evening News [online]. Available from: http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/the-pusher-professor-stands-canal-8450695 [Accessed August 15, 2015]. 
• Youtube, (2011). 4 Bar and Rising. [online] Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpatthkyCmk [Accessed 2 Nov. 2015].

Everything is finally coming together.. kind of.(24th November)

So today, feeling rocky still, I was extremely excited to arrive in the SU to find everyone was in a really good mood! It appeared Kane and Sarah had hit on the jackpot. Basically, we were very much struggling with finding a linear linking pattern that sewed all our segments together. Although our performance is workshop based, that does not mean it should run from section to section to section. Luckily Kane then had the idea of how to have 'She' as an overarching theme throughout the whole piece.

His first suggestion was that it would be really good to have the 'Hello' scene -  in which we help 'She' map space through touch, smell and texture - to follow the actual journey to the auditorium that the audience themselves walked. Then when she arrives its runs straight into the narrative of her sat in the hall at her school; this means they would be effectively experiencing 'Charlie Chaplin' through her eyes. I thought this was a fabulous idea and by the time I arrived Sarah had finished writing out the narrative. 

We decided to put the 'Exposing the audience and flocking' section before the 'Hello' scene as it puts the audience in a vulnerable state. It also contrasts nicely as the 'flocking' scene is quite high energy. We hope this means that it will draw the audience into the mind of 'She', and give them a greater feeling of the pain and humiliation that comes alongside not being able to keep up.  The extra work you have to put in to navigate yourself when blind is very draining; your brain must be constantly aware of its surroundings; this is something we wanted the audience to understand and feel. Kane kept saying he felt the scene was 'boring'. To be honest, I didn't necessarily feel this or think it was a bad thing if it did, it must be boring and tiring to navigate yourself constantly like that; I know Louise said she gets frustrated and tired! Later on, it then came to our attention that actually, this also had a perfect transition. As 'She' walks off stage, shouting out in the conversation, unable to keep up, it fits in perfectly that we follow with the 'Hello' narrative that effectively guides her to the hall. It all brings to life the story Amy told us. 

We then took a break for lunch before returning back to do some rehearsing. Unfortunately, we waisted a lot of time looking for a room. In the end we ended up going in the white room. Although this sounds fine they were actually painting so our rehearsal had to be moved out into the corridor. There was a massive part of the floor cornered off and was wet. This really dampened our mood and did not help when trying to practice the 'flocking' scene. It became apparent, as we were rehearsing, that it looked sloppy. Kane was good at leading the conversation and walking but Jack and I were stumbling on conversation and were not forward enough to push through. This was really frustrating me; it was more of an inner battle than anything else. I try to run a no excuses policy but even with this it was still very much out of my comfort zone. It also became apparent that we needed some form of choreography as our placement on stage just looked sloppy and messy. 

As there was no space to move properly in the corridor we went to a square space outside the radio studios; its not that much smaller than the white room and is a good open place to move around in. Kane with me and Jack then formulated a moving sequence. It took ages of repetition before we all started moving in the same rhythm and tapped into each others frequencies. There was one part of the sequence that kept falling out of sync so Kane and I just did it to see what the problem was. Kane then exploded on me and proceeded to tell me that 'If I kept on doing it wrong I just won't be in the sequence' as I do not accept being spoken to like that and actually was following the moves correctly; I walked out of the rehearsal. I went for 10 minutes outside to cool down. It is hard enough not being well and having memory problems to have other people angry at you because of it. I can totally understand though as I am frustrating to work and overall, everyone in the group dealt with this very well! 

After, we met up again and ran through it for the final time before we decided to call it a day. I feel like I let myself be unprofessional today, for Jack and Sarah's sake, but actually we managed to smooth it over and I think everyone's nerves are just getting the better of them!

Bibliography 

• Cronshaw, A. (2015). Review: Golem at HOME, Manchester. The Manchester Evening News. [online] Available at: http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/theatre-news/review-golem-at-home-manchester-10220839 [Accessed 12 Oct. 2015].
• Dack Virnig, 2015. Deaf Man's ASL Storytelling, "Fish" [online]. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DR4HF6S_hz0 [Accessed November 16, 2016].
• Digital Theatre, (2013) Unmissable Culture - Frantic Assembly's Lovesong Exclusive Clip. Available from: <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_ZF6R3awyI> [Accessed 2 November 2015].
• DistantMirrors, (2012). Eric Satie - Gymnopédie No.1. [video].
• Etchells, T. (1999) Certain Fragments - Contemporary Performance and Forced Entertainment. 1st ed. London, Routledge.
• Festspiele, S. (2015). FestspielFenster: Suzanne Andrade über „Golem". [video] Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jz2Gmq0fAis [Accessed 12 Oct. 2015].
• FORZA, 2015. Inside Out (Original Soundtrack) 01 - Bundle of Joy [Main Theme], Michael Giacchino [online]. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jRHsRNIieQ&list=PL8ZjLVDZiRq2dszLImMWIgwgeFkxc-3sJ [Accessed November 16, 2015].
• Glendinning, A. 2015. Serial Killer dubbed 'The Pusher' is killing city's gay men by pushing them into canal's, says author. The Mirror [online]. Available from: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/serial-killer-dubbed-the-pusher-6318233 [Accessed August 28, 2015].
• Graham, S. and Hoggett, S. 2014. The Frantic Assembly Book of Devising Theatre 2nd ed. Oxon: Routledge.
• Harris, C. 2015. Calvin Harris & Disciples - How Deep Is Your Love [online]. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgqUJOudrcM [Accessed July 15, 2015].
• Hesketh, S. and Pye, D. 2015. EXCLUSIVE: 'Find out who killed our sons!' New canal death sparks fears The Pusher's back. Daily Star [online]. Available from: http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/424390/Manchester-canal-Pusher-killer-students-deaths-tragic-parents-find-murderer [Accessed August 16, 2015]. 
• Johnstone, K. 1979. 'Impro' Improvisation and Theatre. Great Britain: Methuen Drama.
• McAuley, G. 1999. Space in performance. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.
• Malerman, J. 2014. BirdBox. London: HarperVoyager.
• Manufrakass, 2007. Charlie Chaplin - The Lion's Cage [online]. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79i84xYelZI [Accessed November 15, 2015].
• Marshall, L. 2002. The body speaks. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
• National Theatre Discover, (2015) Frantic Assembly Masterclass: Building Blocks for Devising. Available from: <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUqZPfGIX6U> [Accessed 2 November 2015].
• MBartholomew22, 2015. "Hello" Adele - ASL Interpretation [online]. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpqdgFM8zSU [Accessed November 17, 2015].
• National Deaf Children's Society, 2012. Deaf Awareness: Face me when you talk [online]. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dZDFP05ZGA [Accessed November 17, 2015].
• National Deaf Children's Society, 2012. Deaf Awareness: Talk Normally [online]. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xT3e0HySKY [Accessed November 17, 2015].
• No Author, 2015. 'The Pusher' 60 bodies dragged from Manchester Canal, Serial Killer Rumoured. RT Question More [online]. Available from: https://www.rt.com/uk/222655-serial-killer-manchester-canals/ [Accessed August 15, 2015].
• Om Iyay, 2015. Katy Perry - Fireworks (Acoustic Karaoke/ Minus One) [online]. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82vHZwzeIoI [Accessed September 5, 2015].
• PedobaerUPedohase, 2013. The XX - Intro [online]. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gxNW2Ulpwk [Accessed November 6, 2015].
• Poynter, R. 2014. Shit Hearing People Say (Things You Don't Say to Deaf & Hard of Hearing) [online]. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCGko6m_WZQ [Accessed November 2, 2015].
• Rhys, E. (2015). Golem, HOME. [online] The Manchester Review. Available at: http://www.themanchesterreview.co.uk/?p=5099 [Accessed 12 Oct. 2015].
• Robkardani, (2009) Enya - Sail Away (Orinoco Flow). Available from: <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glyErSTQrDI> [Accessed 3 November 2015].
• Rodgers, T. 2015. The Pusher: Channel 4 documentary to investigate Manchester canal 'Serial Killer' claim. Salford News [online]. Available from: http://salfordonline.com/6621-the-pusher-channel-4-documentary-to-investigate-manchester-canal-serial-killer-claim.html [Accessed August 24, 2015].
• Sappho, S. 2015. Beautiful Soul Signing "U" by Gareth Emery to her Deaf Friend at TomorrowWorld 2014 [online]. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qk3h1MJyv8 [Accessed October 2, 2015].
• TheCornerShopPR, (2011) Steven Hoggett and Scott Graham - Lovesong- Frantic Assembly. Available from: <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF-22alcjAU> [Accessed 2 November 2015].
• tigervonwhiskeypur, 2013. Charlie Chaplin "Filmmusik" [online]. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-DpJyyBY1E [Accessed November 16, 2015].
• Warnervoduk. 2014. The science of sleep. [Online]. [Date Accessed: 13th October, 2015]. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TibGeB7NHIo
• Wheatstone, R. 2015. 'The Pusher' professor stands by canal serial killer claims and says bereaved families share his fears. Manchester Evening News [online]. Available from: http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/the-pusher-professor-stands-canal-8450695 [Accessed August 15, 2015]. 
• Youtube, (2011). 4 Bar and Rising. [online] Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpatthkyCmk [Accessed 2 Nov. 2015].