Well what a day! and a thoroughly entertaining one at that! Firstly thank you to both Mark & George for an insightful start to the morning, the sharing of memories, info and experiences, straight from the horse's mouth as it were, simply priceless.
And then came the 1st major challenge of the day...the editing of an entire 3 hour home journey, (and that excluding the detours,) into 2 nerve racking minutes under the intensive glare of a spotlight, in front of a foreboding looking mic! Talk about throw you in the deep end, and you know what, I am SO GLAD it happened that way, and feel privileged to have been witness to the birth of such a flourish of sensational, highly amusing and beautifully delivered 2min stand up pieces, I'd most definitely have paid good money to see what I experienced during those 42 mins of captivating and as I said, often hilarious storytelling. I still can't get the coin powered 'child-shaking machine,' out of my head, and in away I think that kind of hits it on the head, it is the mundane, everyday things in life, our behaviours, habits, routines, that ordinarily make sense to us and/or others when in their everyday context, but for some reason or another take on this whole other aesthetic when scrutinized, or abstracted from the 'accepted norm.' And its this that can make something so simple work so well, and cause such humour, and/or move us as the human being and audience member, to experience and be transported by the kind of heart felt moods & emotions that make up good theatre & performance.
Well enough of the philosophical stuff for now, time for beauty sleep in prep for all that tomorrow will bring!
Chantal Francis
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