On
the 23rd of October 2007, Accidental Collective
premiered their latest piece as part of Canterbury
Fringe Festival. The project was funded by
Canterbury Festival. With InBetween, Accidental
Collective went back to a more traditional
setting:
Four
walls. One hour. You. Us. This is a meeting.
Face to face.
How
much can we get to know each other? How much
will be true? How much will be a big fat lie?
InBetween investigated the links, differences, and contradictions
between the performers’ lives, bodies,
and those of the audience. InBetween subverted
and played with the familiar frameworks of
speed dating, the interrogation room and catholic
Confessionals. InBetween was an exercise in
the unrehearsable, and focused on what happens
in the live event and the meeting between
audience and performers.
What
does it mean to be here, in front of you,
with our bodies, our hopes, our disappointments?
Are you voyeurs? Are you collaborators? Or
are you backstabbing saboteurs just waiting
to see us trip up?
InBetween was reworked for Eastbourne Festival, March
2008. It took place in a function room of
the Great Best Western Hotel on the seafront.
The basic elements remained the same although
the piece altered aesthetically and shifted
focus in order to respond appropriately to
the different site for the performance.
This project was funded by Eastbourne Borough
Council, for Eastbourne Festival.
