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In 2009 SPILL launched a National Platform for emerging talent at the National Theatre Studio. In a special double bill two of the selected artists now present new works. In Eldersfield by Kings of England is a ten-chapter cycle of works for the twentieth century. Against a culture of lessening means and receding hopes, we raise the toast: to Dead Dogs, Dead Children, Dead Lovers, Dead Heroes, and how good it is to be alive. Performance artist Sylvia Rimat follows the aspirational and possibly impossible goal to create a show never to be forgotten by its audience members - not a single one. By presenting memory tasks and techniques, the audience is systematically trained to remember. I guess if the stage exploded... draws on presence and sight and our urge to be special and forever commemorated.