https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zT2PLl3AFVo
Peter Kay, a stand-up comedian would, at the start of each evening’s performance, film the audience on the large screens and make comments and create stories. He states that by doing this at the start of his performance he manages to make a positive relationship with the audience as well as it “…makes them relaxed and then I do too, it works both ways2 (2012). He also talks about the crowd intervening in the show and how it can have a positive effect on the performance: “…they shout something out, and you just go in a different direction and sometimes that’s the magic, that the spontaneity that makes the show2 (2012). it is important during this solo performance that the performer “enjoys the relationship with the onlookers and responds to change in their emotions2 (Oida and Marshall, 2002, 83).; not only does it give the opportunity for a greater performance but it also engages with your audience in a new an inventive way each time it is performed.
I hope to engage with my audience and feed off their reactions during my performance.
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