We used an image of a tunnel, in which there was rhubble and debry among the water on the floor, as a stimulus. From this, we drew upon the ideas of;
Being tunnel visioned, acting upon one limited point of view or as though we can only see what's directly infront of us.
Being limited in choices, trapped, or enclosed, having to follow a set path, unable to divert from it or escape.
Using instrumentation and body percussion in order to create the sounds in the tunnel, or illustrate the madness that one inside the tunnel may be driven to experience over time.
I would suggest using influences of Artaud's work in this type of performance, particularly for the last idea, whereby one could induce the audience to begin to feel wary of their surroundings, just as Artaud sought to make his audiences feel uncomfortable. The idea of being trapped could result in contorted and uncomfortable movement, or be portrayed by performers only working in a certain amount of space, and acting as though they are interacting with barriers that in reality do not exist.
A performance such as this could be relevant for secondary school students, as it is not so heavy as though they would find difficulty in understanding it, but we could also insert links to circumstances they may be more familiar with, in terms of pressure to take certain pathways at school or bullying ect.
I do not think we should take this stimulus to create our final performance from, for whilst it does provide oppotunity to create some interesting material it does not allow for enough to stretch over the course of 30 minutes, and also, it would only really limit us to one character, providing difficulty in how to cast the rest of the company.
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