Verbatim

 A video from the National Theatre showing an introduction to verbatim theatre:
http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/video/an-introduction-to-verbatim-theatre

Alecky Blythes website with her company recorded delivery.
http://www.recordeddelivery.net/

'Alecky Blythe has pioneered the innovative verbatim technique, originally created by Anna Deavere Smith. Deavere Smith was the first to combine the journalistic technique of interviewing her subjects with the art of interpreting their words through performance.
The technique involves recording interviews from real life and editing them into a desired structure. The edited recordings are played live to the actors through earphones during the rehearsal process, and on stage in performance. The actors listen to the audio and repeat what they hear. They copy not just the words but exactly the way in which they were first spoken. Every cough, stutter and hesitation is reproduced. The actors do not learn the lines at any point. By listening to the audio during performances the actors remain accurate to the original recordings, rather than slipping into their own patterns of speech.'

This is a similar technique that we will hopefully use in our piece, instead of having earpieces we are going to transcribe the interviews that we will carry out.

http://www.ideastap.com/IdeasMag/the-knowledge/alecky-blythe-london-road-on-verbatim-theatre

This is a very useful article about Alecky Blythes technique she explains her approach in carrying out the interviews and how you can make yourself seem approachable and that people will be happy to talk to you and share their story.