CAD (Creative Audio Description)

Creative audio description goes beyond simply describing visuals; it aims to create a more immersive and engaging listening experience for visually impaired individuals by incorporating first-person narration, sound effects, and character-led descriptions

 

Co-Creatives

Collaborators working on the project as equal partners. For this project, that is me, the writer, dramaturg, director and designer.

 

Cold Spots

An area of the community that receives less funding or has less cultural engagement or activity. These areas have been identified by the Cultural team at Greenwich Council.

 

Community Artistic Research Project

This research project is designed to both inform us as theatre makers, researching language and activities used and undertaken on an allotment and community garden, specifically in the borough of Greenwich, leading to an accurate representation of our community. It is also an outreach project, bringing the community into our creative process, and engaging them in creative activities including storytelling. 

 

Creative Practitioners

A professional who uses creativity and innovation in their work, often within the arts and cultural sectors. They might be artists, writers, performers, designers, or anyone who applies creative thinking and problem-solving to their profession. The term emphasizes both the creative process and the practical application of that process

 

Dramaturgical Session

Collaborative writing sessions to incorporate language from the local community, recorded interviews and discussions on site at the allotments and community gardens into the existing sample scenes. With the aim of representing our community, rather than using their words, verbatim. These sessions will also build the overall narrative of the sample scenes, and the future full script, along with work on themes and other dramaturgical elements and techniques.

 

Greenwich Growing Community

The community of growers working on growing sites (Allotments and Community Gardens). They can be plot holders, allotment volunteers, Community Garden workers, managers, or volunteers. They have a wide range of reasons for being growers, but do it outside of their own homes. 

 

LTC SE London Performer Network

Lazarus Theatre Company has built a network of performers from SE London over their 15 year history in Greenwich, through productions, workshops, and the Lazarus GYM.

 

Practical Tasks

Practical allotment and community garden tasks include assessing the plot, preparing the soil, managing weeds, creating paths, building a DIY potato planter, chitting potatoes, pruning and topping tomatoes, watering and making compost.