Billy Read

Day Two of my R&D UNLIMITED Commissioned Project: Somebody's Watching Me began at 10am. Present in today's session were: Claire Marshall (mac Birmingham), Rachael Veazey (Deaf Explorer), Ariel Fung (International Collaborator), Benji Reid (Dramaturge), Tina Barnes (Writer), Adam Rutherford (Assistant Choreographer), Amanda Wright (Dance Access Worker), Shezad Nawab MBE (ASL Interpreter), and myself. MORNING SESSION Starting off we had a brief recap on yesterday's session, fol

Yesterday marked the first official day of the Somebody's Watching Me team working together in the studio. We arrived at mac, Birmingham, at 9:45am and grabbed a coffee at the cafe before heading to our studio for the day's work. At 10am, we had our official Meet & Greet session. Present were: Benji Reid, Adam Rutherford, Tina Barnes, Amanda Wright, Rachael Veazey, Claire Marshall, Ariel Fung and myself. Also present were the two interpreters for the day: Ken Liddington (inte

Based on the theme of Surveillance with inspiration from George Orwell's 1984, "Somebody's Watching Me" is the project name for the newly-commissioned Research and Development project awarded to Billy by ArtsAdmin and Shape Arts' UNLIMITED fund. The application process opened at the end of 2016, and with the support of Deaf Explorer's Rachael Veazey and Alan McLean - my producers on the project - I submitted my application for a collaborative dance project that focuses on the