A performer alone in the performance space (with a microphone and a few minimal props) begins to expose an intimate and private joke. At the core of the joke is the recalling of an incident - an accidental and (un)fortunately public incident – when she fell over.
Private Joke is a solo performance that contemplates the notion of falling. It is a predominantly vocal piece that weaves itself around both physical and metaphorical appropriations of falling. These are presented in the manner of subtle slapstick, bringing attention to the similarity between the words fall, fail and fool; and pursued in a performance that presents its own flaws, jokes, stumbles, mispronunciations and digressions from the point.
Private Joke is a solo performance that contemplates the notion of falling. It is a predominantly vocal piece that weaves itself around both physical and metaphorical appropriations of falling. These are presented in the manner of subtle slapstick, bringing attention to the similarity between the words fall, fail and fool; and pursued in a performance that presents its own flaws, jokes, stumbles, mispronunciations and digressions from the point.
