It’s a public and private personality test - private because
the public don’t know what the performers are listening to and public on
because the performers are publically answering private questions about their
lives.
And this is what makes this piece deeply relevant to the
contemporary lives of all of us. It’s made up specifically of people’s
immediate responses to questions from economics, politics and health, to social
behaviour and of course attitudes towards intimacy.
We’ve created a structured questionnaire answered by
movements which divide the group, into yes, no , maybe, I don’t know camps. The
result is a physical chart which authentically represents the unique
statistics, thoughts and feelings of that particular group.
As they build confidence we get them to act out some simple
choreopraphy, then we pair them up,make them slow dance together and act out a
mock wedding, all in a simple personality quiz’s day. You’ll see this on the
video we’re about to play.
All the while the audience are watching this with a
soundtrack of their very own played through a PA system made up of a narrative
about people lost in an airport looking for someone or something accompanied by
original music by Jeff Henderson. It’s timed perfectly to the soundtrack in the
headphones but the public is unaware of the questions being asked.
Finally, to further unify the group and really test out
their singing in the shower voices, the group sings together karaoke style, and
have their photo taken as a record and memento of the experience.
IQ2 is an experience where strangers arrive alone, but leave
together, having felt that they were a part of something. They leave having met
each other, in fact they leave having danced together. Often with theatre
experiences we arrive alone and leave alone and barely give a thought to the
person sitting next to us, and how much can we even trust that person really?!
Running Time 25 minutes
Written & designed by Future Hotel
Produced by Winning Productions
