Significance of solo work within national and international performance.

Increasing number of solo theatre and performances & festivals.

Increasing number of solo theatre and performances & festivals.

Why choose to do solo performance?

• Cult of the individual:

• Cult of the individual: –me me me!

• Cult of the individual: –me me me! –Warhol & 15 minutes of fame;

• Cult of the individual: –me me me! –Warhol & 15 minutes of fame – customization

• Cult of the individual: –me me me! –Warhol & 15 minutes of fame – customization– that is not my story – but this is…..

• Cult of the individual: –me me me! –Warhol & 15 minutes of fame – customization– that is not my story – but this is….. – control

• Economics:

• Economics:– cheaper to create

• Economics:– cheaper to create– cheaper to book

• Trends in theatre:

• Trends in theatre:– autobiography

• Trends in theatre:– autobiography– confessional

• Trends in theatre:– Autobiography– confessional– documentary

• Trends in theatre:– Stand-up comedy– Autobiography– Confessional– Documentary– Everyday

• Awareness and acknowledgement of difference:

• Awareness and acknowledgement of difference:– identity

• Awareness and acknowledgement of difference:– Identity– Belonging

• Awareness and acknowledgement of difference:– Identity– Belonging– History & roots

• Awareness and acknowledgement of difference:– Identity– Belonging– History & roots– Political empowerment

• Solo Performance [with others]

• https://www.academia.edu/315478/Solo_Devised_Performance_-_Collaboration

Writings

 • http://theshedtheatre.tumblr.com/po

st/52058656691/the-one-man-show-the-daddy-of-the-fringe-theatre

 • http://www.mdtheatreguide.com/201

3/01/through-lines-the-incredible-shrinking-ensemble-is-solo-performance-theatres-future/

 • http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/28

/theater/28solos.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

 • http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman

.com/what-s-on/theatre/hill-street-theatre-to-thrive-on-solo-shows-1-3049732

[More] Solo performers

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ET3ko9Qn41k

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXpJmotnTVA

 • http://www.houstonrobertson.com/

• http://projectlifestories.blogspot.co.uk/

Festivals

• http://www.allforonetheater.org/ • http://www.universalartsfestival.com/

Books

• Chapter on Solo Performance in: Lee, Esther Kim (2006) A History of Asian American Theater, UK: Cambridge University Press