15 Minutes of Fame
Sun, 9 Mar 2003, 12:52 pmWalter Plinge8 posts in thread
15 Minutes of Fame
Sun, 9 Mar 2003, 12:52 pmI've never done one of these before and I'm not really sure what to write, but this show has inspired me.
I went to see 15 Minutes of Fame at the Blue Room Last Night and i must say it was worth every minute. There were 8 monologues by eight different writers performed by eight different professional actors. (and a segway piece between each monologue)
Sounds like a long night right? Wrong. Even though each monologue is around fifteen minutes long you hardly even notice the time fly by and the subjects are hilarious, thought provoking and reminicent of actual events in the paper.
The acting alone was exceptional and the blue room has been transformed into a caberet setting which is a perfect surrounding for the subject matters.
Saying that there is always a few things that I thought could have been done differently but the transistions between monologues is fabulous and your not sure what you're going to get next.
Please go and check out 15 Minutes of Fame. Local Writers and actors at their best. and at just $18/$12 it's worth going to see how the other half live
Jo xxx
I went to see 15 Minutes of Fame at the Blue Room Last Night and i must say it was worth every minute. There were 8 monologues by eight different writers performed by eight different professional actors. (and a segway piece between each monologue)
Sounds like a long night right? Wrong. Even though each monologue is around fifteen minutes long you hardly even notice the time fly by and the subjects are hilarious, thought provoking and reminicent of actual events in the paper.
The acting alone was exceptional and the blue room has been transformed into a caberet setting which is a perfect surrounding for the subject matters.
Saying that there is always a few things that I thought could have been done differently but the transistions between monologues is fabulous and your not sure what you're going to get next.
Please go and check out 15 Minutes of Fame. Local Writers and actors at their best. and at just $18/$12 it's worth going to see how the other half live
Jo xxx
Re: 7 1/2 Minutes of Fame
Sun, 23 Mar 2003, 03:30 pmWalter Plinge
No worries...
I might add my two (15?) cents worth...
I thought the marketing for this show was fabulously clever, which is why I decided to see it... Overall, thought it was a great show. Loved the seating setup (always a surprise when seeing a blueroom show; I've started a tradition whereby I take bets on how the seating will be arranged) and a really ingenious performance style. When Crispian started his monologue, I seriously thought he was just voicing his opinions on the previous monologue rather loudly and audibly...
Downsides: not seeing the final monologue in part one (she didnt show up); the patron who shall only be known as "waapa girl" leaving at interval, never to return; and me thinking that staying in the bar chatting till midnight would be a good idea - my 9am lecture the next morning was interesting
I might add my two (15?) cents worth...
I thought the marketing for this show was fabulously clever, which is why I decided to see it... Overall, thought it was a great show. Loved the seating setup (always a surprise when seeing a blueroom show; I've started a tradition whereby I take bets on how the seating will be arranged) and a really ingenious performance style. When Crispian started his monologue, I seriously thought he was just voicing his opinions on the previous monologue rather loudly and audibly...
Downsides: not seeing the final monologue in part one (she didnt show up); the patron who shall only be known as "waapa girl" leaving at interval, never to return; and me thinking that staying in the bar chatting till midnight would be a good idea - my 9am lecture the next morning was interesting
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