{"id":5238,"date":"2022-04-25T19:29:17","date_gmt":"2022-04-25T19:29:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/?p=5238"},"modified":"2022-04-25T20:01:27","modified_gmt":"2022-04-25T20:01:27","slug":"performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/?p=5238","title":{"rendered":"Performance !!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As a Story Teller you always think carefully about your performance, where you stand where in your mind\u00a0 your characters are in relation to you the Teller, your voice etc! Obviously you have a script of sort floating in your head but it can be fluid- I will react to my audience. Acting in a play is obviously different because you have lines that others rely on for cues etc and you are directed by somebody other than you!\u00a0 As I mentioned previously I have just been performing in <strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Between Severn Tides<\/span> <\/strong>by my <strong>Brian Dimmock<\/strong>&#8211; a play inspired by<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong> Under Milk Wood<\/strong> <\/span>but located in our community near the Severn. At the heart of the story was a <strong>Second Coming<\/strong> this time the <strong>messiah<\/strong> was going to be female and certainly had a strong feminist theme running through it.<\/p>\n<p>It was well received by all 3 audiences and the songs\/music enhanced the whole performance. Many of you who know me well might be surprised I was actually singing in it (not on my own see one of the pictures below) &#8211; although I do occasionally have snatches of songs in my Story Telling but usually tongue in cheek.<\/p>\n<p>The set, if you look at the pictures, was supposed to resemble a workshop hence the scaffolding and the sheets of corrugated iron. The cast were dressed in dull colours so we could\u00a0 blend into the set. I started by wearing a jacket and trilby as a hen pecked husband and verger for the local church. When I throw of the shackles of my nasty wife <strong>Lavinia\u00a0<\/strong> I throw away the jacket and put on an ethic style hat as I run off with<strong> Meryl the Rock Chick<\/strong> on her boat!<\/p>\n<p>I did enjoy being part of a team and it was in every sense a real community play and I got to know different people. It has taken up much time and I haven&#8217;t been able to develop new story ideas both writing and performing! I have a busy period coming up next month so I need to get down to some grafting.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Picture 1<\/strong> -The cast singing (including me!)\u00a0<strong> Picture 2<\/strong> My domineering and spiteful wife Lavinia\u00a0 with me being hang dog!\u00a0 \u00a0<strong>Picture 3<\/strong> Bradley (me) as ghosts with Meryl the Rock Chick!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Severntides-12-2-scaled.jpg?ssl=1\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5239\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=5239\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Severntides-12-2-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1707&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1707\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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