Solo Performance

Preset

Wishin’ And Hopin’

Opening/ Sonnet 116

November

Dates

Main Theme/Murder (From Psycho)

The Wall

To Build A Home

‘I am happily single’

06 – Shiny Happy People (LP Version)

‘I am not ready for a relationship’

Are You Ready For Love (’79 version radio edit)

‘Stop looking for love’

Stop

Ending

11 Your Love (All That I’m Missing)

 

My final performance went far better than I expected.

Whilst rehearsing I realised that my performance was less funny than I had expected it to be. The script was not as humorous as I had thought it had been. But it might have been because I have been thinking about relationships over the past four months and have had a few realisations, which I spoke about in my performance.

However, the audience laughed more than I expected. Although it surprised me, it was nice to have a positive reaction. It also made me realise that different audience members reacted to things that I hadn’t previously thought were funny. It definitely surprised me when audience members laughed at parts which I found upsetting.

As the performance developed during the tech runs, I felt that it was improved by the decisions made. Having the projector above my head helped the audience to see all the slides, and it also avoided me walking in front of the projection. Using the projector mounted on the rig instead of the MobyGo, neatened the performance and made the space more aesthetically pleasing.

I am happy with how well my performance went, although I think there might have been areas which could have been improved. I stumbled over a few words, but that was due to nerves and couldn’t have been avoided. I also think I could have used more of the stage as there was a lot of unused space, however the sparsity of the stage highlighted the loneliness which I talked about during my performance.

Audience members gave me brilliant feedback after my performance, which made the performance all the more worth while.

I enjoyed myself during the performance, but I did surprise myself at some points. Due to the honesty of the performance, I found myself become emotional at certain points which I had never experience when the event happened. I think that the performance benefited from this points as it changed the mood and added variation to the performance.

Whilst preparing for my final performance, I found myself thinking that the style was too simple and the audience would not have anything to look at apart from me.

I also felt that some aspects of the performance could be shown visually. Using a presentation will allow the audience to understand which each section of the performance is about. It’ll also focus the section and link in with the text.

Using a box to physically represent each metaphorical brick will also gave the performance more visual aspects.

The use of a table will also give more shape to the date scene. I can set the table as if it is a restaurant table to show the audience what I ate on the date that I am talking about. Any references to the meal or date in the script will then make more sense.