There’s nothing like a comedian bombing so tough that the audience is left confused and angry. To create my current prove I sought out comics’ catastrophes – and endured my own baptism of fire at the micIn 2012,I was invited by the National Theatre of Scotland and The Arches to compose a piece of theatre that crossed the lines between different types of performance. I thought briefly about what it might be like whether I fused my practice of storytelling theatre with acrobatics, and pictured myself soaring majestically through the auditorium as I weaved in a monologue about my childhood dreams of being a boxer. It would have been called Fight or Flight and would have been unbelievable. But Id have had to get into reasonably proper shape, or so I thought further. Which art form would consume my life,develop my practice and mean I wouldn’t have to leave the comfort of my chair? Answer: standup comedy.
I had been referred to as a standup in some reviews of preceding work, but the label never sat true with me, and mainly because I judge theatre and standup are different. Though Daniel Kitson and Mark Thomas can deliver broad laughs but also compose you cry twice as tough with their pathos-rich storytelling and stagecraft,I felt there was a distinct difference between the two forms. It was time to find out what that difference was. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com