EDGE
Check Up
By Charlotte Otton
21st September 2016
Chrissie Parrott Arts, Perth
Ray is old, alone and ready to die. Gabe is young, a nurse and annoyingly positive. Ray has been evading Gabe for months, but today he arrives at Ray’s door with pizza and coffee - both laced with her medication. Ray can’t manage to be rude enough to get rid of him and somehow they find a middle ground. Gabe will come back tomorrow, without medication, and they will watch home movies.
One suggestion from the audience was for Ray’s dead husband to haunt the scene, and we were lucky enough to have a volunteer to play the role! We also experimented with sound, and the audience creates a soundscape for the scene with objects at hand.
Concept: Cohan
Director and Facilitator: Cohan
Writer: Charlotte Otton
Performers: Barnaby Pollock and Julie Holmshaw
Lighting Design: Cohan, Rachel Woodward, Chris Issacs
Props: Cohan, Rachel Woodward
Producers: Cesarina Fitzgerald, Cohan, Harley Bell
Stage Manager: Rachel Woodward
Venue Manager: Mitchell Whelan
Production Stills: Harley Bell
Marketing and Design: Park Street
Produced by: Blank Space Productions
With thanks to: Chris Issacs