Devising a solo performance is by no means an easy task. It takes the individual performing to have taken an in depth look at their own personal interests, problems, views on the world, creative likes and dislikes, thoughts, feelings and indeed their own mentality on life in general. The idea is, I believe, already there in your mind, waiting to be deciphered from the recesses of our subconscious. It is your job as the performer to extract from your own mind, the ideas that are embedded within you strongly enough to manifest themselves as a tangible concept for performance.

Personally, I want my solo performance to achieve two things: to express myself and my passions for specific styles of performance, and to figure out my identity as an artist, in terms of genre, sensibility and the technical aspects of performance production. To do this, I will have to look at myself comprehensively, and figure out which of my passions can be transformed into a piece of work completely dependent on me, a part of me. In order to achieve that, I plan to engage and challenge myself to explore areas or genres of performance that I haven’t yet been made familiar with. I will ask myself, “WHO AM I AND WHAT DO I LIKE?”, “WHAT SPEAKS TO ME” and, “WHAT DO I WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT”, in order to properly decode what would be most natural for me to centre my work around. After all, for the very first time in my life, I will be solely responsible for every single aspect of this work: the devising, the writing, the staging and the sound and lighting. Every. Single. Aspect. Considering these things, it would be ludicrous to base this journey on an idea that I am not both fully engaged in, but also passionate about to the point that this module becomes a labour of love.