We were given a topic area of study of the Salt industry and its relation to Northwich.
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Written Commentary We were given a topic area of study of the Salt industry and its relation to Northwich. A decision was made, based on separate performances presented to the group and the staff of different topic areas that could be used for the local community performance project; these included the legend of the white woman and legends surrounding Beeston Castle. The staff, who thought that the salt industry would be an interesting area of study, made the final decision. We felt research was vital to the performance as our stimulus has a lot of history, we felt we needed to borrow and retrieve inspiration from other play writes and practitioners and depth of research allows us to communicate with the audience on a variety of levels. We had already studied Artaud, Beckett, Brecht and Berkoff and used ideas of theirs in our drama, such as Beckett's idea of the exaggeration of...


