Simulation City presents

‘The Lobster Heist’ | Trafalgar Edition

2020 | Character Dossier

FUCK OFF!

CHEF LOBSTER THIEF

Character Actor Character Actor
 Character Dossier

WHY AM I STEALING A LOBSTER?

AND WHY AM I CHASING HIM?

This document, designed and produced as a fellow to the film

found on this website, has an aim to introduce you to your scenario
and character more personally, more intimately. The film showed you
around the house; this document sits you down and has dinner with
you.

“The Lobster Heist operates as a single vignette of the drunken escapades

associated with las vegas, and is drawn from one of the stories provided
to me during interview. An acquaintance, while drinking in a casino, saw
a tank of lobsters ready for cooking. taking pity, he grabbed one and ran
out of the casino, to be chased almost to the strip with the stolen lob-
ster until he was caught and made to give it back.”

- The training film found on this website.

In this document you will find a script for the element, examples
of some of the generated stories which inspired it, details on cos-
tume, a movement catalogue to help you get into character, and a
personal storyboard for your path through the square.

(On the first page of this document are two name labels. These will be deliv-
ered to you in the physical edition of this document, and function as back-ups
should you lose the one mailed to you.)
“The Lobster Heist”

by

Simulation City
EXT. TRAFALGAR SQUARE, DAY

BOTH CHARACTERS STAND AT STARTING POSITION ON WHITCOMB

STREET. WAIT UNTIL 2 MINUTES INTO THE PERFORMANCE TO START MOVING.
LOBSTER THIEF STARTS RUNNING FIRST, HOLDING LOBSTER. CHEF FOLLOWS
30 SECONDS LATER. THEY REACH THE MAIN FLOOR OF THE SQUARE AFTER
RUNNING DOWN THE WESTERN STAIRS.

CHEF

GET BACK HERE WITH THAT!

LOBSTER THIEF

FUCK OFF!

THE LOBSTER THIEF LAUGHS GLEEFULLY AND RUNS ACROSS THE SQUARE,
WEST TO EAST.

CHEF

OI!

THE CHEF FOLLOWS AT A CLOSE DISTANCE, NEVER QUITE CATCHING THE

THIEF. THEY BOTH RUN UP THE EASTERN STAIRS AND BACK TOWARDS WHIT-
COMB STREET, TO FINISH AT THE 3 MINUTE MARK.

LOBSTER THIEF

YOU’LL NEVER TAKE US ALIVE!

LOBSTER

...

BOTH CHARACTERS SLOW TO A STOP WHEN THEY REACH WHITCOMB STREET.

THE LOBSTER IS RETURNED TO THE TANK, AND THE CHARACTERS WAIT 7
MINUTES TO RESTART.
Simulation City presents

‘The Lobster Heist’ | Trafalgar Edition

2020 | Costume details
 COSTUME DETAILS

CHEF
YOU WILL BE WEARING/USING:

1 chef’s apron
1 set of chef’s whites
1 chef’s hat

LOBSTER THIEF
1 lobster

Due to the nature of his/her position as representative of a

profession, the Lobster Heist, (specifically the Chef character),
has a clear costume. The most common representation of a Chef in a
given restaurant in London is a set of chef’s whites, an apron and
a hat. The lobster thief may wear anything they like, and will be
using a model of a lobster during the performance which will be
painted to resemble the real thing, in an effort to avoid the ethi-
cal ramifications of using a real lobster.
COSTUME DETAILS
 Simulation City presents

‘The Lobster’ | Trafalgar Edition

2020 | The Storyboard

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Storyboard featuring all elements

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Highlights throughout
timings below
2:00 Character A begins to walk from
point A, Whitcomb Street, towards the
west steps.
3:30 both characters run across the
width of the square, West to East.
3:00 Character A starts to run, charac-
ter B starts pursuing from Whitcomb
street.
3:30-4:00 Characters begin dialogue and
chase each other around the square for
1 minute before continuing path up the
East stairs and back to Whitcomb
Street, at a run. Finish at 5:00, and
wait to restart.