Greenwich Dance Agency
10th April 2009
3.09pm – 3.17pm
Unreserved Seating:
Third Row – Seat 1 - (A)
Third Row – Seat 2 - (L)
Third Row – Seat 3 - (C)
You can read an introduction to Small Talk here.
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3.09pm
A: Hello
L: Hiya…
A: How are you?
L: I’m okay, you?
A: I’m alright…had to wolf down a sandwich just before I came in…I came a bit late…I’ve made it.
So what do you think it's going to be like?
L: I’ve got no idea? What about you?
A: Well…I think there are going to be a fair few projections…it looks like…
L: Seven screens…
Have you seen anything by them before?
A: No…have you?
L: Yeah we went to see something last year called ‘Kitchen’.
A: Oh right…how was that?
L: Amazing, amazing!
A: Oh really…
L: Yeah…it was kind of…it was at the Soho Theatre and it was kind of…the stage was a screen but they were filming everything behind the screen and projecting it live and it ended up with members of the audience going behind the screen and participating, and my partner, she went to it twice and actually performed in it once.
A: Oh wow…
L: Cos she was dragged off…by the company. And you know, it was great…very funny…very interesting ideas!
A: Great…
L: And we were totally blown away by them so that’s why we came today.
A: Have you been to any other things in the festival?
L: We went to see Inferno last week and C went to Purgatory as well…yeah, I liked Inferno but the people I was with didn’t like it that much…what about you?
A: I’ve seen things yeah…
L: Any recommendations?
A: Well…everything’s only on for a couple of days.
Hello J…!!
J: Hello Al…you alright?
A: Yeah good…
J: Busy working?
A: Busy…yep…yep…busy working…
J: Saw you talking to them out there…apparently Berlin, Germany…it's the place to be!
A: It's the place to be…this is what I have said…
L: Generally or….
J: And you can live for a fiver for a year!
A: Fifty – you can live for fifty quid a week…
J: Fifty quid a year!
L: Fifty quid a decade!
J: Live on cheese and sausage…
A: Not cheese…!
L: Fifty quid – how would you live?
A: You’d get a nice little flat…you can get…food…bratwurst…
J: You may even get a ‘driver’ for that much…in Berlin, it really is…it's the answer!
[LAUGH]
L: Fantastic…
J: They don’t ask you how you are spending the public’s money…
L: It's the way it should be…
J: It's basically elevated to a social concern, in that a healthy mind is something that should be part of public spending.
L: Yeah…
J: Whereas over here we’ve got the Olympics – so it's healthy body.
L: Slightly bigger bill as well, probably.
J: Yeah…well obesity is more of a hot topic…we’re the third most obese or second most obese after Germany.
L: It's all that bratwurst…they get it so cheap!
A: What do you think of this then J?
J: Absolute gold…I mean those projectors…I could just watch them for a while.
[LAUGH]
L: Yeah…it will probably be a disappointment when they actually turn on…won’t it…it’ll ruin it…
J: Yup…turning on will turn you off!...
[PAUSE]
Right, I am going to my seat now.
L: Enjoy the show…
A: See you….
A: Its not that busy is it?
L: No…no…cos they are doing two evenings…when is it? Last night and tonight?
A: Yeah…so I think there’s one on tonight…
L: It's a weird time for people to come in the afternoon on a Friday.
A: It is Good Friday though.
L: This is true…and we made a day trip of it…we came from North London…
A: Me too…
L: Day trip to Greenwich. We got the bus here.
A: I drove…but I had to stop in Tower Hill, so a sort of two-leg journey.
L: Well we were up at Kings Cross, and we thought, we could get on the tube…
A: You took the bus all the way here?
L: We got two buses, one to Peckham and one to here…it only took…less than an hour.
A: That’s pretty good actually…
L: And it's not often we get down to Greenwich.
A: I’ve been here a few times but hardly.
L: This place is amazing…is this quite a well known sort of dance place…?
A: Yeah…
L: Is it a school or a…?
A: Yeah it's space and support for artists.
L: So where do you live in North London?
A: Near Golders Green at the moment.
L: Yeah…we live in Holloway.
A: I drove through there this morning.
L: Holloway Road looking glorious on the bank holiday morning.
A: Quite empty…which is good for the drivers.
L: Yeah…everywhere was very quiet today…it's one of the quietest days of the year I reckon.
A: You know I didn’t even realise it was actually a Bank Holiday today.
L: You notice it when you get out though…on the streets.
A: You do…it's definitely quiet.
L: Yeah…I think the only place that’s busy today is Greenwich. [LAUGH]
A: What…cos we’re here!
L: Yeah…us…amongst others.
A: Slightly tricky seats, aren’t they? Mine’s got a bit of a dip.
L: They remind me a bit of school seats.
A: Yeah…very stackable.
L: Yeah…good for stacking – not for sitting.
A: Not the best! [LAUGH]
L: So I’m wondering if any people are going to appear?
A: Yeah, me too.
L: Or if it's just going to be….screens?
[PAUSE]
How many are there in the company?
A: About four or five I think.
L: Some from Nottingham?
A: And from Germany…they are a mixture of Germany and England.
You know…I’ve got…hayfever’s coming at this time of the year you see…so I’ve got quite an itchy eye.
L: You taken anything for it?
A: Usually, but I keep forgetting to go and buy them.
L: Hmmmm….I’ve had hayfever for many, many years and I tried last year…
A: The injection?
L: No…just to not take anything…
A: Right…
L: And it was kind of okay, once I got used to it…more comfortable…I think I did last year……C, did I not take anything for hayfever last year? Did I completely stop?...And it kind of worked didn’t it…?
C: I thought you had something for your eyes.
A: Yeah…I have the eyes coming now…
C: Reddy eyes?
A: Yeah…
L: Not much you can do when the eyes come…you’ve got to take a tablet really. You can’t just hope they are going to go away.
A: Every time before I see a show…I sit here and I start scratching my eyes!
L: Wow….
A: I know…
L: That’s quite early…because I think I get it a bit later…it depends on different kinds of pollen…doesn’t it…
C: Do you know what yours is? Is it grass or trees or…?
A: I don’t know specifically…but I do get it quite badly…so I ought to know.
L: Hmmmm…mine’s kind of grassy isn’t it….and then trees…and probably flowers as well…in fact it’s everything!
A: It's pollen! [ALL LAUGH]
L: It's pollen!
A: But…where is the pollen in grass?
L: Ummm…some grass will have little seeds…won’t it? Is there pollen in there?
A: I don’t know? There’s hay…?
C: What about flowers, no…?
A: Cos they say hay and hayfever…?
L: Yeah….hmmmm…
A: Oh…I think it's going a bit more quite now…
3.17pm
SAVING THE WORLD
4.36pm
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To find out about Alex's Small Talk click here: Small Talk by Alex Eisenberg
Alex Eisenberg is an artist making performance. He is helping to coordinate SPILL: Overspill over the course of the festival.
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