During the holidays I got together with a group of 11 students and workshopped Face to the Wall, the middle of three short pieces that make up Martin Crimp’s trilogy Fewer Emergencies.

We explored the text through improvisation, movement, music, live feed camera work, mask work and textual analysis.  This work in progress was performed for the school at the beginning of Semester 3. What we came up with was a hugely collaborative, brave exploration of the piece that pushed boundaries and challenged every artist involved.

I wanted to take the chance whilst at NIDA to really push myself, my thoughts on form, performance style, rehearsal technique, text and my own practice as a director. Face to the Wall gave me that opportunity.