Tuesday 5 April 2011

Happiness Index @ The Arthouse



The company went to the Arthouse on Monday evening armed with smiley face stickers, graph paper, maps, disco lights, glitter curtains and pegs. These are the things that we think are in the show at the moment. They’re the things we’ve been playing with and telling stories about.
We went in to see if we could do a get-in in an hour. We probably can’t.
We went in to take photographs with Peter Boyd (http://www.pbphoto.co.uk/) that we can hopefully share with you soon. 
We went in to tell some stories we’d told many times before and some that we’ve never told.
Ian told us that the Welsh would be happier if they could embrace the power of the dragon.
Holly nearly told us a story about a fish but thought better of it. 
Jonquil told us all what to do and we just about got it all done.
We all wondered what stories we could tell about happiness, sober, in a nightclub, in the middle of the day. Is there a way of playing ‘Happiness Bingo’ or ‘Happiness Darts’?
We dressed up smart and used our best diction.
We wondered if an inflatable globe in a lift was a private performance, installation art or just hot air.
We realised there is a lot more we can do. We’re going to do it.