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We set about finally decided a running order of our scenes and where they would take place in the tunnels today. At first, this was difficult as we weren't really sure on what the best spaces for different scenes were. However, one space we were certain to perform in was the church area, which was home to our original first scene, after the entrance scene. This scene was about the patient who thought he was Jesus and recites the bible endlessly, however, there was one problem with this being our first scene inside the tunnels. This problem being that the church area came quite away into the tunnels, so trying to fill the gap between scenes would be rather difficult, hence we decided to add scenes in before that.


Such a scene was my electrocution scene, which we are yet to devise. One main aspect we focused on was the fact that we didn't really have a particular storyline or reasons as to why particular things happened. For example, why is there a psychiatrist visiting the asylum? We came up with a few ideas.


As we are setting the piece in the 1960's, we know that All Saints hospital, in Chatham, was in existence before being closed in the early 2000's. Hence we devised the idea of the psychiatrist taking a particular interest in mental illnesses and needing to complete his PHD, he is placed to study patients in the fort.


Another idea we thought about was the idea that the characters of the doctor and nurse were not actually a doctor or nurse at all, in fact, they were quite the opposite and perhaps just as mental as the others, merely putting on an act. Throughout the piece, we decided we would add subtle clues from the patients to the audience trying to reveal how the doctor and nurse were dangerous and fake. Below is our first attempt at a running order and the basis of ideas for scenes that we need to develop and bring to life.