After researching a number of practitioners, and watching their performances, I have decide that I don’t particularly want to perform an autobiographical piece. Personally I want to perform something which is a bit more generic and relatable to an audience, rather than simply telling them a personal story about myself. Whilst watching autobiographical performances such as John Leguizamo’s Ghetto Klown (2011), I found myself skipping forward the recording because I couldn’t relate to any of his material. Whereas performances that are more about general life and society allow for all members of the audience to relate to the material.

‘The one-person shows is at its most interesting when it looks outwards rather than in, and, playing on the relationship between performer and audience, it wants to be a conversation rather than a monologue’ (Gardner, 2015) 

Work Cited

Gardner, L. (2015) Going Solo: How the one person show is gazing beyond the navel. [online] London: The Guardian. Available from http://www.theguardian.com/stage/theatreblog/2015/sep/02/solo-one-person-show-edinburgh [Accessed 18 February 2016].

Leguizamo, J. (2011) Ghetto Klown. [performance] London: Charring Cross Theatre, 27 October.