Betty Miller Blog - Tristan
Betty Miller Blog This project has been truly enriching and I feel honoured to be able to represent such a rich history through a performance like this. From the start when I first viewed Betty Miller’s statues, I felt inspired, and in wonder. There were intricacies in each individual piece giving them such life, some of my very favourites being Dove Hill and Ambulance Man due to their ability to take something seen everyday, like a street of houses or a paramedic, and almost transporting me to a bygone era where you realise, they were people like us, with their own lives and their own struggles. Then we begun the crafting of the piece. From the beginning, me and actors were given almost full control over the process, where we were told to think of some themes which reverberate throughout the piece (such as class divide and oppression) and create some of the opening movement based upon these. With each actor working brilliantly in unison, the creative process became fun and ...