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Rules of Relationships

Abigail Dawson / February 7, 2014 / Initial Ideas, Love

Using suggestions from the internet, books, friends and of course from ourselves, we have compiled a list of rules that should/could be followed during a relationship. There were however, far too many so we have chosen the select few that we believed were the most important.

Rule number 1: Be honest.

Rule number 4: Actually make an effort.

Rule number 6: You will not find true love when you are both drunk.

Rule number 7: Wait one month before you should say I love you.

Rule number 8: No heavy petting in public.

Rule number 9: Do not share excessive details about your past.

Rule number 10: If you are not getting something you need, simply ask for it.

Rule number 17: Bro’s before Hoe’s.

Rule number 19: Be the shoulder to lean on, no matter what.

Rule number 20: Do not cheat.

Rule number 23: Never go to the back of a cinema on a first date.

Rule number 24: Do not be a slut on the first date.

Rule number 26: Compromise is crucial.

Rule number 27: Do not let yourself go.

Rule number 28: Do not be afraid to have tough conversations.

Rule number 29: Learn to forgive without holding grudges.

Rule number 37: There are only two people in your life you should lie to… the police and your girlfriend.

Rule number 38: Be spontaneous with your affections.

Rule number 39: Remember to have fun.

Rule number 44: Do not put more than two kisses on the end of a text.

Rule number 45: Do not place your partner on a pedestal.

These rules are not rules that everyone will follow, some people may not agree with any of them. Some are serious, and some are comical. What we wanted to do was create a sense of what we believe should and should not happen within a relationship. These are our initial ideas. Perhaps there is a story behind each of these rules, this is something we aim to develop throughout our devising process.

Love and society.

Jozey Wade / February 7, 2014June 2, 2014 / Initial Ideas, Love, Reflection, Writing

This week we all went away individually to begin putting together some text about love. We discussed the idea of “rules” of love (according to what society expects) and whether we agree with them or not. We also discussed timelines and the idea of using a washing line to perhaps represent this on stage. With an “ideal” or “expected” timeline laid out and exploring how, in reality, everyone’s love timeline is very different.

So, our first item of homework – rules of love. Here is my version:

In writing this I started to feel quite irritated that there is so much stigma attached to certain areas of love and not loving. Although a few of these are clearly pretty true, I think I can certainly say I don’t agree with most of these rules. This is definitely something I think we could explore within the piece.

Next up, an “ideal” love timeline:

Needless to say… this is pretty terrifying! (especially for me… being somewhat older) And again, with our washing line – time line idea, will be something we will explore further.

We then wrote out a list of pros and cons for dating us as individuals.

Here are some of mine:

PROS – Open Minded, Generous, Romantic, Sense of humour, Forgiving, Adventurous, Passionate/ dedicated/ loyal, Understanding/ sees good in people, Animal- lover, Wants children.
CONS – Obsessive (about hobbies/ music etc I love – may have hard time dating someone who doesn’t like the things I love), Trust issues/ afraid of letting people too close, Career comes first, Dopey/ forgetful, Lazy at times, Anti-social, Weird, Smelly feet, Animal- lover, Wants children, Hairy.

Interesting how some things can be classed as both… Because everyone has different preferences and hopes for the future. It will be interesting to see how similar these lists are between the group.

We then wrote a love letter to love. I will not include mine on the blog as it may have been a tad too personal and not entirely relevant. However, some quotes from my letter that may be of interest to us as we develop:
–“Much about the world is practical/ logical” (but not love, basically)
–“A thing that cannot be measured or justified”
–“From the heart, not the brain”
–“No great venture comes without it’s risks”

That’s all from me for today. More as theses thoughts and ideas develop, and as we bring them together as a group.

Love is not just a Four Letter Word

Gabrielle Ruth Evans / February 5, 2014June 2, 2014 / Initial Ideas

The Companies first performance is almost just over 4 months away. We have just had one of our first meetings in which we discussed the future of our company and what the type of elements we would like to include and explore over the next few weeks. I think at this stage it is good for us to explore different aspects of our chosen topics of love and relationships so we can find the correct path to take. One thing I have taken from our meeting is that as a company we want to be different, we want to wow, we want to find a new way of looking at love.

Liaising with the Graphic Designer: Logo Ideas

Samantha Mckenzie / February 5, 2014May 28, 2014 / Development, Initial Ideas, Marketing

Part of my responsibility as the marketing manager of this company is to liaise with the graphic designer who has agreed to help us out with the creation of our company logo. In order for him to give us the perfect image he needed to understand us as a company and what it is we want to achieve.

Necessary questions to ask:

Who are the audience we want to appeal to?

What should our logo reflect about our company?

What style of logo do we want?

What is our potential colour scheme?

These are the notes I collected from the meeting we held concerning the logo:

Company Name: No Added Sugar

Colour scheme:
Professional
Refreshing
Audience: students-Young- not urban young- young adult
Not cutting off to the local people of Lincolnshire.
Possibly lime green and grey?

Style:
Handwritten style
Minimal
Stamp: old fashioned- type writing- merging
Reduced to the basics
Human quality/ character

Ideas for our bigger image; what should be our facebook cover photo and the basis of our flyers?
Quote from manifesto
The kind of play we want to produce?
Washing line- silhouette- images of love

Although the ideas may be vague and mixed at the present, along with our mission statement, the graphic designer has been give them for inspiration. We are now waiting on some examples of his logo ideas so that we can choose the one we love!

What’s in a name?

Phoebe Wall-Palmer / February 5, 2014May 4, 2014 / Initial Ideas

Above is a (very condensed) version of the our first real discussion about who we are, what we are, and what we should call ourselves. The name, No Added Sugar, comes from a love of tea, an exclamation of dislike for tea, and a final product of a conversation underpinned by delirium. But here we are, a theatre company with no additives or artificial sweeteners, and no added sugar.