After Hours at the Polestar Club

北极星俱乐部的After Hours的目的是制作一个新的卡巴莱风格的表演，吸引普通观众参与地球磁层，太阳风和极光的有趣故事-以及我们对这些现象的理解是如何发展的。这个故事将通过原创的独白和歌曲循环来讲述。这种歌唱和口头叙事将与一系列投影图像一起展开，这些图像由数字绘画艺术家开发并在舞台上现场制作-观众也可以参与其中。（*注：有关现场表演绘图技术及其在观众参与方面的价值的更多信息可在下面的摘要中找到）。这个项目被安排在2013年太阳活动高峰期，建立在公众对此时可能产生的地球-太阳关系的额外认识之上，并将延续到2014/15年。此外，该项目将为两个截然不同的大学院系的教职员工和学生提供一个合作开展科学推广活动的机会。迄今为止，表演研究中心和物理与数学研究所倾向于反映一种熟悉的艺术/科学鸿沟，并假设很少有交叉活动对科学研究人员和表演研究人员都有特别的价值或兴趣。这个项目旨在通过邀请双方积极参与来挑战这种假设，并有机会探索未来科学家和未来表演者之间共享词汇、语境和环境的可能性。这是一个试点项目，包括在不同风格的场地和环境中进行的5场初步演出，这将使我们能够测试形式，并确保我们有一个灵活而引人入胜的作品，可以在2014/5年成功巡演。首先，我们将举办一个由表演研究中心和物理与数学研究所联合主办的邀请预演，我们将邀请艺术节的策划人员和其他愿意组织和支持未来表演的人，以及大学两个参与部门的教职员工和学生。作为预演的延伸，我们将在演出后进行讨论，鼓励每位嘉宾提出综合评论/评论。在获得许可的情况下，这些信息将被记录下来，用于我们的内部评估和未来规划。然后将在选定的场地进行四场额外的表演，让我们了解该节目在不同背景下的工作方式。舞台的灵活性和表演的最低技术要求将最大限度地增加表演空间和场景的数量。（更多关于场地的信息见下文摘要）。遗产：这个试点项目的一个重要目标是，在2014年和2015年，有一个坚实的、鼓舞人心的、经过测试的作品准备好向更广泛的观众展示。这将是该项目的主要遗产。我们已经收到了2014年国际讲故事节的邀请，这是一个两年一次的活动，在圣多纳城堡举行，具有很强的知名度和广泛的吸引力，并支持访问一个相关的讲故事活动项目。我们将邀请程序员和主持人参加第一次预览，以产生未来的兴趣。该项目的网站将继续作为进一步了解磁层主题以及更广泛地了解性能/天体物理学合作的路标。在国际知名的性能研究中心档案馆，研究人员也可以访问脚本和其他项目文件。该项目将为表演研究中心、物理系和阿伯里斯特威斯大学戏剧、电影和电视系之间进一步的合作奠定基础。

The aim of After Hours at the Polestar Club is to produce a new piece of cabaret style performance which engages a general audience in the intriguing story of Earth's magnetosphere, the solar wind and the aurora - and how our understanding of these phenomena has developed. The story will be told through an original monologue and cycle of songs. This sung and spoken narrative will unfold alongside a series of projected images which are developed and worked into live on stage by a digital drawing artist - a process in which members the audience can also participate. (*nb further information about the technique of live performance drawing and its value in audience engagement can be found in the Summary below). This project is timed to coincide with the 2013 solar maximum, building on additional public awareness of the earth-sun relationship that might be generated at this time, and will have a legacy extending into 2014/15.In addition, the project will provide an opportunity for staff and students in two very different university departments to collaborate in the delivery of a piece of science outreach. Hitherto, The Centre for Performance Research and the Institute of Physics and Mathematics have tended to reflect a familiar art/science divide with a presumption that there are few crossover activities that are of particular value or interest to both science researchers and performance researchers. This project aims to challenge that presumption by inviting active participation from both quarters, with the opportunity to explore possibilities of shared vocabulary, contexts and settings between future scientists and future performers.This proposal is for a pilot project, including 5 initial performances, in different styles of venue and context which will enable us to test the format and ensure we have a flexible and engaging piece of work to tour on successfully in 2014/5. We will firstly stage an Invited Preview, jointly hosted by the Centre for Performance Research and the Institute of Physics and Mathematics, to which we will invite festival programmers and others who have offered to organise and support future performances, as well as staff and students from both participating departments within the University. We will incorporate a post-show discussion as an extension of this Preview performance, where each table will be encouraged to come up with a combined comment/critique. These will be recorded, with permission, for use in our internal evaluation and forward planning. There will then be four additional performances at venues chosen to give us an overview of how the show works in different contexts. The flexibility of staging and minimum technical requirements of the show will maximise the number of spaces and setting in which it can be performed. (More info on the venues in Summary below).Legacy: A significant aim of this pilot is to have a solid, inspiring and tested piece of work ready to tour on to a wider audience in 2014 and 15. This will be the main legacy of the project. We already have invitations for 2014 from The International Storytelling Festival, Beyond the Borders, a biennial event with a strong profile and wide appeal held at St Donat's Castle, and supported access to a linked programme of storytelling events. We will be inviting programmers and facilitators to the first Preview to generate future interest.The project website will remain as a signpost to further learning on the theme of the Magnetosphere and also more generally on performance/astrophysics collaboration. Scripts and other project documentation will also remain accessible to researchers at the internationally-renowned archive of The Centre for Performance Research. The groundwork will be in place for further possible collaborations between the Centre for Performance Research, Physics Departments and Theatre, Film and Television departments of Aberystwyth University.