

The Deal
'Where shall we go? What country will have us?' In small clusters people are asked to choose a new home and place a token on a tapestry map of the world – the world as it was understood to be in 1618. Consulting the clusters are Separatists sometimes mistaken to be Puritans or mythologised as Pilgrims. One boy tentatively places his token on what will become known as New England. In another group, a woman is clear – “it’s not your country, you have no right to go there”. She


The Deal: An Interactive Research Performance
'Where shall we go? What country will have us?' In small clusters people are asked to choose a new home and place a token on a tapestry map of the world – the world as it was understood to be in 1618. Consulting the clusters are Separatists sometimes mistaken to be Puritans or mythologised as Pilgrims. One boy tentatively places his token on what will become known as New England. In another group, a woman is clear – “it’s not your country, you have no right to go there”. She