For our performance we want to involve the audience in our piece so they are not a passive audience. The idea of bringing back the Drill halls history by making our audience sign up as they enter the building/ or our space is an interesting idea an immediately would draw the audience in. The Drill hall was used for the 4th battalion which were of course the volunteer army, so like our audience who will be ‘volunteering’ to come watch our piece we can relate the old to the new. When we visited the archives we came across 2 posters which really grabbed our eye and we could maybe have some of these pinned up around our performance space. I also saw a poster at the museum and the words “Your King and country need you” i feel is really powerful.
When i went to the Lincolnshire museum of life i bought two postcards which stood out as two really strong images… everyone queueing up/ forming a line/ marching and a sergeant ordering for more troops… These images could also be used as a stimulus for recruitment.
