One-woman show
I have been doing some research on the Internet in-between shifts at work looking at one-woman shows. I found many female comedians on You Tube, however I found the most funny performances by drag acts particularly Anna Conda who like most drag artists mime to songs and dance around a bit, which is exactly what I’m looking for! I particularly liked this piece a spin on the famous Tiffany track, I think were alone now:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LURFNo94daE
I love the simple stage set design with the focus on the performer. Why is it so funny watching men dressed as women prancing around like children? I know why, because its ‘funny’ something you rarely see in the art world. To get some feedback on my first draft for my performance ‘The Event’ I have sent a rough script to some of my friends to see what they think and get references to other peoples work. One of my friends suggested looking at Miss World speeches which again I had a right laugh watching videos on You Tube of these beautiful women talking absolute nonsense all in aid of saving the children and ending world poverty. Reading through my script I have been developing my foreign accent, which has improved since watching videos of Zsa Zsa Gabor and Ivana Trump, I think I will call myself Miss Eventé. I booked a tour for next week at the Cornerhouse with Amy Rudolph around the Unrealised Potential exhibition, which will be ideal to research her hosting skills please follow link to show info:
http://www.cornerhouse.org/events/info.aspx?ID=1752&page=0
I have visited the show already so I am interested to compare and contrast the experience of being led through the space by someone else. My initial feelings of the exhibition was that it looked well designed although it felt like a series of deconstructed parts and that something was missing. Maybe this was because a different artist made the proposal for the exhibition on level 2. I do think that knowing before I entered the space that tours were planned to happen on this particular floor influenced my experience of it.
If anyone has any suggestions of artists to look at, and tips on hostessing skills please let me know, thanks again Andrew for your comments.
