The Solo Performance
The Solo performance is perhaps one of the most rewarding aspects of this course. You will be required to create and perform Solo performance for an audience. You will have complete artistic control.
Subcultures Assessment Task
Subcultures Assessment Task
Character : Dennis
Stimulus: The novel The Loved One
Performance focus
Create a solo performance based on the character of Dennis Barlow, the pet mortician.
On his return to England, Dennis seeks to persuade a financial backer to bankroll the People and Pets Paradise
Park, his new project combining the best features of Whispering Glades Memorial Park and the Happier Hunting
Ground. To do this he:
Performance style: Non-naturalistic with aspects of Comedy
Theatrical conventions: Satire, exaggerated movement
Dramatic elements: Contrast, mood
Stimulus: The novel The Loved One
Performance focus
Create a solo performance based on the character of Dennis Barlow, the pet mortician.
On his return to England, Dennis seeks to persuade a financial backer to bankroll the People and Pets Paradise
Park, his new project combining the best features of Whispering Glades Memorial Park and the Happier Hunting
Ground. To do this he:
- re-creates a montage of dramatic images depicting services offered at Whispering Glades and/or the Happier Hunting Ground which have inspired him
- creates vignettes of the type of staff best suited to dealing with people and pets, pre- and postmortem
- demonstrates his vision for the future of the funeral business.
Performance style: Non-naturalistic with aspects of Comedy
Theatrical conventions: Satire, exaggerated movement
Dramatic elements: Contrast, mood