Indemnity (2011)
Indemnity Part 1 & II’ premiered at Lost and Found Festival in June 2011. (http://contactmcr.com/whats-on/956-lf11-indemnity-part-1-part-2/
The performance was a transmedia theatre performance which took place over Twitter, photographs, videos, text messages and emails. It took place in and around Oxford Road in Manchester between Monday 6th of June and Saturday 11th June.
The performance told the story of Insurance salesman Walter Daniel who becomes involved in a romantic triangle with a glamourous fem - fatale and her husband which ultimately leads to a dramatic and murderous end.
The audience received text messages and emails throughout the week.
The central character Walter tweeted his daily thoughts on his Twitter page including uploading pictures of places he was visiting and people he was seeing. All the pictures used can be seen below:
Walter also posted videos during the week of locations he visited:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVqD3orsPqs&feature=channel_video_title
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jAnCFra7eA&feature=relmfu
The performance culminated with an installation inside Contact Theatre in Manchester, where a handwritten letter from Walter shows how he has killed 2 people.