The King Must Die
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ye_olde_renaultDear ye_olde_renault
My name is Marvin Gaye Chetwynd and I am an artist, this Summer I am wading into a big project as part of Edinburgh Arts Festival. I have the use of 4 rooms that are in a Neo-Clasical building that is known as the Old Royal High School, Waterloo place, Edinburgh. I will work in my studio (making the costumes,props and set) for 3 months up to the opening date July 30th 2015. The performance will take place 5 times, July 30th, August 1st, August 13th, August 22 and August 29th. It will last approx. 40 minutes each time. There are 10 performers who will bring to life a big puppet of a turtle and then sacrifice the turtle, we will dance with the entrails and the smear them onto huge petals of flowers and leaves in a room that was converted for parliament. There are seats arranged in tired circles and there is balcony floor. I will hang up to 40 giant flowers to make a lighting installation that will seem a magical forest. the light will be a mixture of pink and red and purples. I want to make a sumptuous installation and a sense of scale that is operatic. I hope that the readings form The King Must Die will suit this. I imagine it to be exciting. I will work very hard to make it come to life, the passed 15 years I have spent time doing similar projects and I have faith that this will pull together.
I would like to find someone who loves the ancient novels of Mary Renault to read as part of the performances. I can read the text myself however I will be involved with the puppetry and the mime already, so it would be great to find someone who would enjoy helping me with the project. I can pay travel and a fee of £50 each performance. I cannot cover accommodation, ideally I would like to meet some one who is based in Scotland. I guess one idea for accommodation could be finding a base in Glasgow near us and the commuting over by train - this is how we will be traveling.
My name is Marvin Gaye Chetwynd and I am an artist, this Summer I am wading into a big project as part of Edinburgh Arts Festival. I have the use of 4 rooms that are in a Neo-Clasical building that is known as the Old Royal High School, Waterloo place, Edinburgh. I will work in my studio (making the costumes,props and set) for 3 months up to the opening date July 30th 2015. The performance will take place 5 times, July 30th, August 1st, August 13th, August 22 and August 29th. It will last approx. 40 minutes each time. There are 10 performers who will bring to life a big puppet of a turtle and then sacrifice the turtle, we will dance with the entrails and the smear them onto huge petals of flowers and leaves in a room that was converted for parliament. There are seats arranged in tired circles and there is balcony floor. I will hang up to 40 giant flowers to make a lighting installation that will seem a magical forest. the light will be a mixture of pink and red and purples. I want to make a sumptuous installation and a sense of scale that is operatic. I hope that the readings form The King Must Die will suit this. I imagine it to be exciting. I will work very hard to make it come to life, the passed 15 years I have spent time doing similar projects and I have faith that this will pull together.
I would like to find someone who loves the ancient novels of Mary Renault to read as part of the performances. I can read the text myself however I will be involved with the puppetry and the mime already, so it would be great to find someone who would enjoy helping me with the project. I can pay travel and a fee of £50 each performance. I cannot cover accommodation, ideally I would like to meet some one who is based in Scotland. I guess one idea for accommodation could be finding a base in Glasgow near us and the commuting over by train - this is how we will be traveling.
