Midish project report to the Arts Council
Please don't let the slightly formal title put you off - although I do hope the midish word softens you in! I hope you find this blog as playful as the others, whilst serving a purpose/to inform - mirroring the piece itself...
On The Road
The performance at the Exeter Phoenix was wonderful, humble, slick and well-received from a paying audience... and was only the second time we'd ever run the whole piece from start to finish.
The Magical Muddy Puddle
You know those moments when you are sat watching genius. London 2012 after that amazing opening ceremony, cheering on the Olympic and Paralympic teams. Feeling all manner of emotions in Danny Braverman’s autobiographical performance of the one man show, What No Fish! Reading the last few chapters of JK Rowling's Harry Potter saga.
Recapping, Reconnection, Reimagining
Performance should neverstop developing, art is a fluid form that should never feel completed. Astory that never really ends, it’s a entity that can be built upon. Even when the curtain closes the audience should feel that the story continues. Performance is aliving being, the characters continue to have life even after the finalcurtain closes, the worlds continue in the minds of the audience andhold a place within the hearts of the performers. That’s how I see it, but I have a flair for the dramatic (darling I’m a performer!).
Scratching the Surface
As part of the journey to reimagine and refine this piece, Hugh had factored in a 2-day rendezvous with the Ideas Lab at Theatre Royal Plymouth. This is a supportive platform for in-development work; the chance to show some of You, Me and My Voice to a live audience, alongside works-in-progress from other companies and artists. TRP’s subterranean Ideas Lab is where we, as a company, spent much of the weekend.
Is it Time to Panic?
The rehearsal today took us to South Devon College, a place close to my heart and close to the heart of You, Me and My Voice. After discussing that we only have this rehearsal and one more before we will be showing back at the Ideas Lab (a scratch platform for local original theatre makers and companies) at the Theatre Royal Plymouth, well, it's weird... shouldn't I be really panicking? 'Maybe', I thought to myself, that panic will come later in the rehearsal.
From tech to talker
Forget what you heard, that is not entirely true. In the journey of You, Me and My Voice the technician role has been an artistic take on the traditional role.