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Between you and me (2013) A NEWLY-BUILT CONSERVATORY HAS HAD ALL OF ITS WINDOWPANES SMASHED BY AN UNKNOWN VANDAL. THE FOLLOWING DAY, IN A CLASS AT THE LOCAL COMMUNITY CENTRE, A GROUP OF PARTICIPANTS ATTEMPT TO UNDERSTAND HOW THIS MYSTERIOUS ACT OF SEEMINGLY UNPROVOKED VANDALISM RELATES TO THE HOMEOWNERS, A GIRL AND HER FATHER WHO HAVE RECENTLY MOVED TO THE AREA. AS THE GROUP CONSTRUCT POTENTIAL NARRATIVES TO EXPLAIN THE NEWCOMER’S INVOLVEMENT WITH THE ATTACK, THE GIRL IS BUSY CONSTRUCTING A STORY OF HER OWN.
BETWEEN YOU AND ME LOOKS AT HOW STORIES ARE TOLD, MODIFIED AND RETOLD IN ORDER TO PROCESS THE EVENTS WE EXPERIENCE AROUND US. DEVELOPED WITH, AND PERFORMED BY, A GROUP OF NON-PROFESSIONAL ACTORS FROM EAST LONDON. THE PLAY IS STRUCTURED AROUND A SERIES OF SONGS AND EXPLORES HOW NARRATIVES CAN BE CONSTRUCTED AND PERFORMED AS A WAY OF TRANSFORMING OURSELVES AND EACH OTHER. PREFORMED BY BILL OSMENT, AMY BENTLEY, ANOOP KAINER, BINIT SHAH, CONSUELO GUIJARRO RINCON, JENNIFER MARZULLO, OLIVETTE COLE-WILSON, YASMIN NOORALI, WENDI SHEARD WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY EDWARD THOMASSON MUSIC BY SOOSAN LOLOVAR THE PRODUCTION OF between you and me WAS SUPPORTED BY CHISENHALE GALLERY AND CREATE LONDON, It WAS PRESENTED AT THE GLASS HOUSE COMMUNITY CENTRE, london in 2013. |