May 2009
In May 2009, the six members of Farnham Playwrights Collective each created short or durational site specific works that might occupy unusual and neglected spaces at Farnham Maltings as part of its annual one day festival, Farnham Creates. Mark Hewitt's contribution to the project was a recorded piece, entitled IMPORTANT PLEASE LISTEN TO THIS TAPE. On a dictaphone in a room we hear the voices of two women explaining why Mrs Pallant's husband, James, won't be coming home tonight. The piece was recorded at Benjamin Franklin House in London on 8 May 2009 with performances by Jo Bowis and Kathryn McGarr and and was first presented in the Wenham Room at Farnham Maltings the following day.
The recording was presented a second time as part of Kill no more pigeons than you can eat, a series of interventions by the Red Velvet Curtain Cult at Benjamin Franklin House, London, on 22 May, curated by Lili Spain and Sarah Grainger-Jones. This time the dictaphone was located in the ladies toilet.
