Location Possibilities.

What is Site Specific? 

Site Specific for me gives us as performers a chance to produce a theatrical performance in a unique, specially adapted space other than theatre. This unit is designed to inspire us to assemble a scripted or devised piece around the given venue. When I first heard and watched some parts of the previous year 13's I was so excited to be able to start working on our piece. 
When our tutor, Miss Cordell showed us our first possible venue, Rochester Cathedral, I was really intrigued and felt challenged. The reason for this is because it is a religious space in which we would have to be careful in what content we included; especially those who are atheists in my class.  The following pictures show what the venue looks out from the exterior and the spaces that include inside:


Here is an image of what the venue looks like from outside. It is a beautiful building that attracts many tourists to visiting the town and is right opposite a famous performance ground of Rochester Castle. 
Straight away from looking at this image I knew that we would be able to create a really strong piece using all of our individual and group skills, it is in a large open space and is close to home so that a lot of people will be able to come and see the performance.

 The image to the right is a space within the Cathedral called 'The Crypt' and it appears to be underneath the building. From the moment we saw this we were immediately attracted to the structure of the space, for example, the pillars, the roofing and most importantly how would we position our audience this particular area. 
Right away for me, I felt a very dark and enclosed feeling that further lead me to think of what techniques/narratives could be possible when performing in a space like this. I thoroughly admired this room and can think of so many ideas!

This picture is a room that is within 'The Crypt' and is almost a little chapel. The walls are all glass walls so anyone can see what is going on from the outside. This intrigued me a lot because as a group we thought it would be creative and effective if people were to be inside here wither walking around frantically or slowly whilst the audience are being led by an usher from the outside, therefore, then making audiences somewhat distracted by whatever is going on in this chapel rather than what they are actually being shown outside. 


Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed my visit to Rochester Cathedral and it has strong potential to help us create our site-specific piece!