May 2009
In May 2009, 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 the venue's annual one day Spring festival. Mark Hewitt's contribution to the project was a recorded piece, entitled: IMPORTANT PLEASE LISTEN TO THIS TAPE.
On a dictaphone in a room visitors hear the voices of two women explaining why Mrs Pallant's husband, James, won't be coming home tonight. The audio cassette was recorded on a dictaphone at Benjamin Franklin House in London on 8 May 2009 with performances by Jo Bowis and Kathryn McGarr. The piece was first presented in the Wenham Room at Farnham Maltings the following day.
The original 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.
The two voices thereafter became the basis for the two characters in The Revenge Fantasy Club: Bridget and Shelley.