SevenGeese
'WHOLESOME'
That word (and a fair amount of free wine) brought together five final year performers in November 2019 at the University of Kent to create SevenGeese Theatre Company.
We are dedicated to creating original, feel good theatre that we enjoy making just as much as the audience enjoys watching. Much of our style consists of innovative and humorous use of props and set, to fire up the audience's imagination and let them into the weird and wonderful world we have created.
The Bike, The Plane, The Barrel (and Other Tales Lost to Time) focuses on the lost and almost forgotten stories of five daring, hilarious, triumphant and eccentric women, told in the confines of a Lost Property Box where they have been left to either be forgotten or remembered and escape!
Our artistic policy for the piece is to create quirky, wholesome theatre and breathing new life into these lost stories in the hope that they'll be re-told and remembered.
Meet the Geese
Rachael Dowsett
"If a goose can fly, then so can I!"
Course: Drama and Theatre and English and American Literature
Modules at the University of Kent: Modules at the University of Kent: Making Performance 1 (2017), Puppetry and Object Theatre (2017), Making Performance 2 (2018), Popular Performance: Pubs, Clubs and Citizenship (2018), Novelty, Enlightenment and Emancipation: 18th Century Literature (2018), Shakespeare’s Theatre (2018), The Contemporary (2019), Theatre and Adaptation (2019), Acting Shakespeare (2019), American Crime Fiction (2019), Playwriting 1: For Beginners (2020), Creative Project (2020).
Theatre Includes: Frances Hunter in No Sex Please We’re British, Lysistrata in Lysistrata, Lucy in The Small Hours, Hilary in The Woman who Cooked her Husband, French Teacher in Lift: The Musical, Erica in Lord of the Flies, Julia in Crimbo Limbo
Abigail Harrison
"Why paint a goose when you can paint an apricot?"
Course: Drama and Theatre
Modules at the University of Kent: Making Performance 1 (2017), Introduction to Mask (2017), Making Performance 2 (2018), Popular Performance: Pubs, Clubs and Citizenship (2018), Shakespeare's Theatre (2018), Popular Performance (2018), Acting (2019), Physical Theatre 1 (2019), Acting Shakespeare (2019), Physical Theatre 2 (2019), Playwriting for Beginners (2020), Creative Project (2020)
Theatre Includes: Laura in The Woman Who Cooked Her Husband, Dawn in Jerusalem, Lisa in Dead Funny, Kitty in Love and The Lipless Count, Micke in Let The Right One In
Other Credits: Return to The Forbidden Planet (2017) Co-Director
Amy Hunnable
"How many geese does it take to ride a bike?"
Course: Drama and Theatre
Modules at the University of Kent: Making Performance 1 (2017), Introduction to Mask (2017), Making Performance 2 (2018), Popular Performance: Pubs, Clubs and Citizenship (2018), Shakespeare's Theatre (2018), Popular Performance (2018), Acting (2019), Physical Theatre 1 (2019), Acting Shakespeare (2019), Arts Funding and Policy: Making it happen (2019), Theatre and Ideas (2020), Creative Project (2020)
Theatre Includes: Eleanor in Dead Funny, Jack in Lord of the Flies, Phaedra in Jerusalem, Jenny in Company, Laura in The Woman Who Cooked Her Husband, Catherine in A View From The Bridge, Charlotte in Pride and Prejudice
Other Credits: Let the Right One In (Marlowe Studio Theatre, 2019) Director
Alexandria Laws
"How many geese does it take to run the Oval office?"
Course: Drama and Theatre
Modules at the University of Kent: Introduction to Mask (2017), Directors' Theatre: The History of Staging Plays (2018), Introduction to Musical Theatre Dance (2018), Shakespeare's Theatre (2018), Site Specific Performance(2019), Physical Theatre (2019), Acting Shakespeare (2019),Arts Funding and Policy: Making it Happen (2019), Performing Lives: Theory & Practice of Autobiographical Theatre (2020).
Theatre Includes: Head Ugly in Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, Cast Member in Dancing Through Time, Lucy in 13 the musical, Lesil in The Sound of Music. Mr Steel in Dorothy Goes To Court.
Other credits: Singer at Stafford Gatehouse Theatre, Costume Assistant for the production of a Crazy Sexy Cool Girl Fan Club (New Vic Theatre 2017) , Marketing Assistant for It Snows (New Vic Theatre 2017).
Charlotte Storey
"How many geese can you fit in a barrel?"
Course: Drama and History
Modules at the Univeristy of Kent: Shakespeare’s Theatre (2018), Theory and Adaptation (2019), Arts Funding and Policy: Making it Happen (2019), Making History (2017), Specialising in Social and Cultural History in other History Modules, Undergraduate Dissertation ‘To What extent did ‘the play’ influence societal behaviour towards gender 1603-1642?’ (2020)
Theatre includes: Wicked Witch of the West in The Wizard of Oz, Beverley in Abigail’s Party, Joan in Time and the Conways, Calonice in Lysistrata
Other credits: Titus Andronicus (Gulbenkian Theatre, 2018) Director, The Library (University of Kent, 2018) Writer and Director
Code of Conduct
Based around maintaining a relaxed, fun and productive professional atmosphere.
Punctuality - let the group know of absences in advance. If there are three unexplained absences in a row, the group will report straight to Sophie Quirk. If you’re late, don’t come in and disrupt, sit at the side and wait until the group is finished what they’re doing
Timetabling - use Google calendar to upload personal timetables, any planned trips, etc. Therefore rehearsals can be scheduled around other commitments
Prepared - wear comfortable clothes, bring food and drink, and anything else needed for the day
Warm up - to be done at the beginning of every rehearsal even if it is individually or for a few minutes only
Break - keep them regular to ensure to retain focus and enjoyment
See it, say it, sort it – address concerns as they happen and don’t leave the space without clearing the air
Idea- if you come up with an idea while someone else is talking, remember it and come to it after the other person has finished
Phones - and other technology that could be a distraction is not to be used unless previously agreed
Goose! - the refocus word