So, on Monday I went for a reading of a Solo show by Aladdin Ullah at The Public Theatre. It was great, inspiring and Aladdin has great stage presence.
I had also gone because (as my blog suggests) I am working on a solo show of my own. And I am interested in learning how people do it and what they do or don't do. Since this was a reading I went to, I am not sure I can talk about the form that much at all. But I CAN talk about the content and how it worked in Aladdin's case.
He tells the story of his father who in 1940s had come to America as an immigrant, and then charts life events all the way upto the day when Yankee Stadium had its last game before it was closed in September 2008.
So, the content was auto-biographical, very personal, revealing, funny and painful at the same time. Very well written. There was repitition of images and phrases and that always pays off when done well.
So far those are my thoughts.
Finished listening to Anna D. Smith's audio book I mentioned in my first entry. Awesome.
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