Video Description: A Bitter Pill - Excerpt of Natural Theatres performance.

Pagan and Ellie are dancing in a field in rural Northumberland. Atmospheric wind sounds play as they shake their heads and flinch, their expressions distant. Their movement transitions into gestures, one hand covering half of their face as they curl and uncurl their torsos, occasionally throwing their heads over to one side. In the background, three women with northern accents read lines from ‘The Hanging Man’ by Sylvia Plath. In the second part of the clip Pagan performs thrashing movements, her arms clenching and legs stumbling as she throws and twists her body, her face flinching. The camera cuts frequently to a close up of Ellie’s face in motion, as she spins, tilts, and spirals, with an intense expression.