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Our research and development project, Broken Ground's Happiness Index finished on Wednesday after running successfully at The Arthouse since the 21st. This project is now complete and we will be looking at how we will be developing this work ahead of ontheedge@templeworks in July. Big thanks for the brilliant performances by Ian Sharpe, Holly Kavanagh and Jonquil Claughan, to Peter Boyd for photography, Rob Reed for video documentation which will soon be wizzed up into a tasty promo and The Arthouse for their support in this project. <br />
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Findings from the Happiness Index are presented at The Hepworth, Wakefield on the 7th June as a Pecha Kucha night along with presentations by other creatives. Get yourselves down there. <br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">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. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">We went in to see if we could do a get-in in an hour. We probably can’t. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">We went in to take photographs with Peter Boyd (<span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.pbphoto.co.uk/">http://www.pbphoto.co.uk/</a></span>) that we can hopefully share with you soon. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">We went in to tell some stories we’d told many times before and some that we’ve never told. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Ian told us that the Welsh would be happier if they could embrace the power of the dragon. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Holly nearly told us a story about a fish but thought better of it. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Jonquil told us all what to do and we just about got it all done.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">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’?<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">We dressed up smart and used our best diction. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">We wondered if an inflatable globe in a lift was a private performance, installation art or just hot air.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">We realised there is a lot more we can do. We’re going to do it. </span><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">The Arthouse have given us a fantastic opportunity to show our work in their space and we're looking forward to creating intimate encounters and playful presentations for the nooks and crannies around the building on the days of Saturday 21st & Sunday 22nd May and again on the evening of the 25th of May. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">It would be lovely to have people join us for what is sure to be an exciting and intense couple of days, your support for the arts community in Wakefield would be appreciated by all the artists who will be showing work across the city.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Keep safe, stay happy. </span>Broken Ground Theatrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08338600049191857657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8980556489265470839.post-79927721981204390002011-02-19T04:43:00.000-08:002011-02-19T04:49:01.850-08:00Broken Ground's Happiness Index: Rehearsal 1<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="295" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/3FOMcppuhZI?fs=1" width="480"></iframe><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now that's out of the way, on with business. Broken Ground are starting a new performance project called </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Broken Ground's Happiness Index</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You can find out what it is and why we're doing it </span></span><a href="http://www.brokengroundhappinessindex.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">HERE</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> .</span></span><br />
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