Another technique I looked at was non-performatic texts, which is anything other than a theatrical script.
An example of this are:- Receipts, credit card statements, Flyers, take-away restaurant menus, Notes and reminders.
By looking at these form of texts in a performing style, creates a different manner of reading them and broadens one’s mind to plenty of theatrical opportunities.
Being able to obey your own pre-decided rules in performance gave an outcome of interesting prospects.
The rules before experimenting through performance are:- The only lines you could say were words on non-performatic texts (eg. flyers, receipts, notes), if you wanted to speak you had to lie down, if someone picked up one particular object everyone had to laugh, the performance space only included the shade, you could not touch the sunshine with your foot.
By experimenting and obeying these rules, for a few minutes,we were memorised in a captivating performance as everything was improvised and people were able to bring together their team working skills.