Live Drawn Stages is a R&D project gratefully supported by Visual Arts South West as well as Watershed’s Pervasive Media Studio. Taking from the learnings of previous project Live Illustration Expanded (see below), I partnered with Bristol-based performer Tom Marshman to live illustrate on stage two of his existing projects: Butterflies & Dinner Ladies and Clause 28. This time I had the opportunity to create live drawn sets on “real” stages, two of Bristol’s landmark venues: St George’s and Ashton Court’s Arts Mansion. It was fascinating to experiment with symbolic texts and explore how live drawings can extend the metaphor to create a magical atmosphere.