Resources

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Movement & Devising: Exercises and Process Notes

Downloadable PDF File

A collection of exercises and notes on creating movement through task and using RSVP Cycles to develop devised performance. You may also find the Devising Stimuli downloads useful in conjunction.

The Last of The Lake Production Resource Pack

Downloadable PDF File

Contains practical and physical exercises, tips for devising, starting point and references, interviews, Director’s notes and ideas on preparing a play for rehearsals, images, and various mini-essays on genre and style.

Devising Stimuli: Hospitals Text Extract 1

Downloadable PDF File

A short monologue extract from Hospitals and Other Buildings That Catch Fire to use when working with RSVP Cycles and  physical devising from text (See ‘Movement & Devising Notes’ above). A full version of the script is also available.

Devising Stimuli: Hospitals Text Extract 2

Downloadable PDF File

The Last of The Lake: Development Stimuli & Performance Score

FREE Download – However this is a 37Mb Zip file so we can’t make it available for direct download. Please request a copy via info@roughfiction.com and we will ‘Yousentit’ to you as an email link!

An eight page, A3 document created by Phil King as a first offer to the research and development period of the production. Contains Images, quotes, sections of text, instructions and song lyrics.

The Last of The Lake: Play Text

£4.00. Digital PDF

Script for 1-4M, 3-4F performers. Epic piece of storytelling in the genré of Magical Realism drawing influence from books such as Midnight’s Children and 100 Years of Solitude. See production information on this website for more details and reviews. Written for visual staging including movement and animation.  An excellent text for GCSE and A-Level groups looking to stage an inter-discipliary production on agreement of performance rights.

The Last of The Lake: Archive video 

£5.00 + postage. Archive DVD

A 75-minute digital archive recording of Rough Fiction’s 2012 touring production. Cast Leah Muller, Tessa Parr, Jan Shepherd and William Donaldson. Two Digital HD Cameras – reasonable quality. Very useful in conjunction with above resources and/or our The Last of The Lake: Uncovered workshop.

 Hospitals and Other Buildings The Catch Fire by Phil King: Play Text

£4.00. Digital PDF.

Script for devised and multi-disciplinary performance. 4F, 2M (can be performed by up to 20 performers). Fragmented piece about a couple dealing with the loss of their child Aimee designed for a 45 – 80 minute performance. Use of direct address and meta text. See production information on this website for more details and reviews. An excellent text for GCSE and A-Level groups looking for a text from which to create a devised performance on agreement of rights. The text was produced by The Brit School in 2009 in this manner.

 Killing Alan by Phil King: Play Text 

£4.00 (+ postage if printed paperback copy). Paperback or Digital PDF. 100 Paperbacks remaining.

Script for 6 performers, 2M, 2F, 2M/F. Various Puppets. A modern retelling of the classic myth of Sir Gawain and The Green Knight looking at themes of money, death and letting go of what matters to you.See production information on this website for more details and reviews.

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