You Need Me have two new pieces currently in development. One is an exploration of grief in the Victorian era. Using live cello, violin and piano, the company tell the story of a woman who loses her child and finds herself lost in an oppressive of world of mourning rituals. As her husband seeks consolation in Evangelism, she finds herself increasingly alienated from him, and becomes entangled in a dark underworld of trickery and psychic fraud that leads her deep into obsession.
Performed in a site-specific location, part ghost story and part psychological examination of a woman in grief, the piece was originally created as a scratch for the BAC. The company plan to develop it as a full length piece during 2009/2010, with a thrilling and unusual use of live psychic trickery based on accounts of Victorian deception by real mediums.
The second piece in development for 2009/2010 are the two interlinking stories of a Latin American man on death row and the married British woman who writes to him. Featuring an audience divided by a soundproofed perspex screen, the project requires a considerable design budget and the right space. If you think you can help, please contact us.