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Our performance and its relation to the archive
Housing
WHAT NO TOILETS IN NEWHAM By J.P. Bauer
snippet from poem:
I walk around Newham in despair I can't find a toilet anywhere From Canning Town to the Greengate They're all close or I'm too late
Interlude between scenes, tongue in cheek, fun but also highlights a real issue of a lack structure
singing to the tune of 'somewhere over the rainbow' to emphasise a longing of something better
emphasises lack of public infrastructure in poorer areas
LANDLORD FINED £27,400 OVER UNLICENSED BLOCK
Landlords Guaranteed rent - Elliot Leigh letting agency ad
letting agent guarantees rent for landlords who let through them
emphasis of system of profit, 'guaranteed rents' while some of live in dire conditions
Snippet of script where this will be used to build character: Looking for something a little bigger? Landlords, Guaranteed Rents 3
months paid in advance.
......... We have to protect ourselves at the top after all!........A landlord has been given a record 27400 fine after tenants including children were discovered living in squatting conditions! How dare those vermin not clean up after themselves in MY establishment!!
displacement
Newham’s housing company to miss 50% affordable target
article from 2019 that revealed that Newham councils housing company would not meet its target to build 50% affordable in its next development project
How it will be used in our performance
Quotes from these articles will be useful when building the characters dialogue
character of the Architect who is making a speech will use direct quotes from Robin wales and discuss inability to reach target of 50% affordable housing
to be used to help inform and contextualise recent issues with in newham
learning of stories of those affected by displacement in the area, the current council and words said by previous mayor can be used to help shape our scene
Scene 2 consists now of 3 main characters , an architect who is representing Robin wales/the local council , a character representing the poor and displaced and another character representing the wealthy who can afford the area
Concrete Island
Displaced by London's Olympics
Article from 2008 to help us contextualise real experiences of those in the area when the Olympics were announced
Londoners 'too lazy' to host the Olympics
Quotes from Robin Wales comments during a talk in 2012:
"They won't get the jobs because they aren't ready for them. They haven't got the skills, haven't got the training and they can't afford to lose the benefits," said Sir Robin.
Anticipation of olympics / hope for a future
news papers headlines
The golden generation: newham is up and we want to keep it that way
we have to build on the success of the olympics
moments in time
verbatim
use of speech by Robin wales talking about the great things to come for the borough
ancient cities thats that have fallen to ruin and if there is hope for the future
Invisible cities
Newham Housing crisis: what shape is Newham housing in?
"IT IS PEOPLE LIVING IN DIABOLICAL
CONDITIONS IN 1986....I REPEAT IN 1986"
interlude incorporate, this emphasises disparity in the borough
the issues in 1986, are prevalent in other moments in times
snippet from script: "IT IS PEOPLE LIVING IN REAL DIABOLICAL CONDITIONS IN 2058. WE REPEAT… IN 2048. REPEAT IN 2022. REPEAT in 2012. REPEAT IN 2005. REPEAT IN 2001. REPEAT IN"
core texts
Savage Messiah by Laura Oldfield Ford
Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino
Concrete Island by J. G. Ballard
