Relaxed Performance – Sensory Guide
Wednesday 4 December at 7pm
The Carne Studio Theatre, LAMDA
Running time: 2 hours including 15 minute interval.
Content warnings:
Themes of death, loss, paedophilia, rape and murder.
Relaxed Performances at LAMDA
• You are welcome to leave and re-enter from the theatre as you need.
• There is a break-out room available called The Student Common Room.
• House lighting is on low throughout, never going to full black-out.
• Loud noises are reduced.
• No strobe lighting is used.
• You are welcome to react to the show however you want.
• At the end of this document is a show synopsis and sensory guide .
Here is a guide to sensory information symbols in this document:
Indicates potentially loud or sudden noises
Indicates bright or sudden lighting changes
Indicates a sad or potentially distressing scene
Indicates fighting, or use of guns/weapons
Arriving at LAMDA
When you arrive at LAMDA, the box office is to your right. You should get your QR code ticket ready to be scanned by a LAMDA member of staff.
Toilets are located right next to box office.
LAMDA staff will be wearing LAMDA branded T-Shirts or lanyards.
If you need any assistance whilst in the building, please ask them.
This is the Theatre Foyer. You may be asked to wait here until the house is open.
You will be shown how to get to the Carne Theatre by an usher.
This performance will take place in the Carne Studio Theatre.
This is the entrance.
When you enter, an Usher will take your ticket from you.
You can sit in any seat.
The house lights will stay on low throughout the show.
There is a break-out space called ‘The Rittner Room’ which you are welcome to use at any point during your visit. It can be accessed via the stairs or lift in the main entrance foyer.
If you aren’t sure about any of this information during your visit please ask an usher or anybody wearing a lanyard.
Before the show begins, the actors will introduce themselves and the characters they are playing.
The lights in the theatre will dim and she show will start. You can leave and re-enter if you need to through the doors you came in through.
At the end of the show the actors will come on and bow. You are welcome to clap at this point if you would like.
The Lovely Bones Company Headshots
FRANNY & MRS FLANNAGAN
Cassie Clark
LINDSEY SALMON
Brie Covington
ABIGAIL SALMON
Samya De Meo
SUSIE SALMON
Phoenix Edwards
SAMUEL HECKLER
Mazlum Gul
RAY SINGH & HOLIDAY THE DOG
Dilip Kumar
MR HARVEY
Max Pink
RUTH CONNORS
Ashnah Strongheart
JACK SALMON
Nigel Sudarkasa
GRANDMA LYNN & COP
Mimi Harlow Robinson
RUANA SINGH
Dishari Mataan
LEN FENERMAN
Caleb Yowell
BUCKLEY SALMON/PRINCIPAL CADEN
Beko Wood
Synopsis
Below is a synopsis of the play to aid in contextualizing the following sensory guide.
Fourteen-year-old Susie Salmon is murdered by her neighbor, George Harvey, a serial killer. In the afterlife, Susie creates a heaven based on her hometown high school but longs to be with her family, whom she watches from above. Her family, especially her father Jack, is devastated, with Jack conducting his own investigation into Susie's death, suspecting Harvey. Susie watches her sister, Lindsey, grow up and seek justice for Susie’s murder. Other characters, like Ray, Susie’s first kiss, and Ruth, a classmate, are also deeply affected by her death. Susie’s spirit follows Harvey, learning about his other victims, but she can only watch as her family struggles to find him. The story explores the effects of loss, mourning, and the possibility of healing after tragedy.
Below
is a
sensory guide for the performance that shows potential distressing actions in the play, split up by scenes
During most scene changes throughout the play, the lights dim. ACT 1
Scene 1
Susie runs on stage at the start of the play and falls over.
Harvey pulls on a heavy fabric bag which is bloody, which Susie tells us she is in, as she was murdered.
Mr Harvey is making Susie feel uncomfortable. She downs a whole bottle of Coke in one go which is hard to watch.
Mr Harvey grabs Susie by the arm as she tries to leave He then pulls her to the floor
Susie describes to us that Mr Harvey rapes her She then describes how he kills her, whilst Mr Harvey holds a knife up to Susie’s hat and makes a slitting action across where Susie’s throat would be.
Scene 2
There is tense music underscoring the scene as Jack tells Lindsey that Susie is missing and a body part has been found.
Lindsey throws up and Holiday the Dog barks loudly.
Scene 3
There is a blackout and the actors only use torches to look for Susie
Scene 4
Ruan- a smokes a herbal cigarette which you might be able to smell.
Scene 5
Detective Fenerman tells Susie’s family that they’re now treating Susie’s case as a murder investigation.
Scene 6
No distressing content
Scene 7
No distressing content
Scene 8
There is a bell ring after Susie shouts ‘score!’
Scene 9
Susie drops her grocery bags
Later in the scene Susie gets upset and shouts her lines
Scene 10
No distressing content
Scene 11
Jack smashes a mirror
Scene 12
Harvey has a sack which appears to be seeping blood.
Scene 13
No distressing content
Scene 14
As Harvey gives a speech there is creepy music whilst he talks to Jack When Harvey returns with cotton sheets there is a flash of light as they touch hands
Scene 15
At the end of the scene Abigail raises her voice to stop Jack from talking There is eerie music as Susie tries to get Ruth to see her
Scene 16
Buckley has a tantrum at the beginning of the scene
Holiday uses a squeaky toy Franny tells Susie how she dies
Scene 17
No distressing content
Scene 18
No distressing content
Scene 19
Fenerman talks about his wife taking her life
Scene 20
No distressing content
Scene 21
There is loud music during the scene change Ruth holds a candle during the memorial Lindsey falls to the floor after she looks at Harvey
Scene 22
There a rumbling sound as Jack takes out a baseball bat
Jack goes to hit Mr Harvey before a blackout happens
There will now be a 15 minute interval.
Scene 23
Begins with a blackout
Tense underscoring as Jack enters with a broken foot
Scene 24 No distressing content
Scene 25
distressing content
Scene 26
distressing content
Scene 27
Susie gets upset as Abigail and Fenerman remove their clothes and kiss
Scene 28
Scene 31
No distressing content
Scene 32 No distressing content
Scene 33
At the end of the scene they smoke
Scene 34 No distressing content
Scene 35 Lindsey kicks and breaks some glass
Scene 36
Susie and Franny shout over each other
At the end of the scene Lindsey jumps out over the bed and crashes
Scene 37 No distressing content
Scene 38 As Susie says her address there is bright purple light
Scene 39 No distressing content
Scene 40 No distressing content
Scene 41 Jack grabs Fenerman by the collar
Buckley raises his voice shouting at Jack Jack falls to the floor having a heart attack
Scene 42
No distressing content
Scene 43
No distressing content
Scene 44
No distressing content
Scene 45
At the end of the scene Mr Harvey grabs Ruth by the throat, he then sees Susie and runs away
Scene 46
There is a flash of light as Ruth looks at Ray
Scene 47
No distressing content
Scene 48
Harvey dies by icicle
Scene 49
No distressing content
Scene 50
No distressing content
During the end people will clap and may stand up, cheer or shout to tell the actors they did a good job.