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mlts22 New user 6 Posts |
One act I'm gearing up for will be outdoors at a festival. However, depending on the people watching, at any time, I might have have about 15-30 seconds notice to wind things up since there is a good chance the time slot might be shared as a variety show.
I wonder if anyone has any guidelines/suggestions for not writing a hard "trick 1, trick 2, trick 3" script in this situation, where if another performer wants to showcase, I can make room for them, or if I'm the only one performing, I can run the whole time allotted. One idea is of course, multiple acts that are scripted separately. Another is to try to seamlessly work on transitions between tricks so if I have tricks 1-5 ready to go, with 1 always the start, 5 always the end, I can go (1,5), (1,2,3,4,5), or any other variation on that depending on the dynamics. |
Dick Oslund Inner circle 8357 Posts |
Huh?
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Yellowcustard Inner circle New Zealand 1334 Posts |
Mlts22 I am a little confused. It seem as if you have a gig that can mean you can be on as long as you like but should someone else want a go you have to wrap up and move on. This sounds a little odd and un-beneficial to you, other performers, the orgnisars and most important the audiance.
There are some great tricks which can be grade out or shortened. I have a cut and restored rope that can be followed by a single rope routine based on fiber optics and either half way through or at the end I can put a ring and rope routine in to it. There are a lot of good wow moments I could stop on and the big finish can be done at any time. I can do the whole thing on my own are get a volunteer up on stage. I can also get the crowd involed and there a few lonish jokes I can put in. I use it on the street when quite and its also good for MC. I once mc a gig were I got a warring one act takes a little time to clean up after due to water begin splashed around so I did the rope act. Just a thought are you going to be the MC or a gap filler because if that's the case I can suggest a few other things. But hay lets us know.
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Aus Special user Australia 996 Posts |
Was 15-30 seconds meant to be minutes?
Magically Aus |
RobertlewisIR Veteran user Colorado 367 Posts |
That sounds a lot more like the kind of situation I'd expect in a restaurant (having to get out of the way when the food arrives) than on a stage. But when I work restaurants, I just try to structure everything in such a way that everything *can* be finished on about a minute's notice. That might be the way to do it if absolutely necessary.
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mlts22 New user 6 Posts |
I know it does sound confusing, but this timeslot is open to actors wanting to show what they have as well as the performers who will be there, and the show is a children's performance at a certain time. It might be that 3-4 other performers want to do their acts, or it might be just a couple faire actors there so their acts can take time. So, I'm looking at adjusting my act accordingly to minimize stepping on toes.
Since this is outside, if the kids start wiggling and losing interest, it is time to wrap up, so it is similar to a gig at a restaurant where one has to bow out when the food comes. RobertlewisIR seems to have the best advice so far -- what I should do, is at any time during my act, be able to wrap it up in 60 seconds or less seamlessly. I also can gauge by people standing around how much time I will have, so I can have 2-3 scripts ready to go as well. |
RobertlewisIR Veteran user Colorado 367 Posts |
I'll add that this is NOT how I work when I'm on stage. My stage work is scripted almost down to the second. But your circumstance seems like an unusual one, so it's probably the only way to go if you want to do this particular show. A good example of the way I work restaurants is my sponge ball routine. There's magic about every fifteen seconds in that routine, and I could consider anything after about thirty seconds to be a climax, and no one would ever know there's actually more to the whole routine if I have to leave. Think: multiple climaxes, and you might be able to get through this thing.
~Bob
---------- Last night, I dreamed I ate the world's largest marshmallow. When I woke up, the pillow was gone. |
Quentin Inner circle 1020 Posts |
If there are other acts present, find out who will be on after you and agree how long you will do before you go on.
If there are no other acts who want to go on, do twenty minutes, have a break and repeat for a new audience. |
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