I'll be honest, I don't really get the appeal of Brighton. Or maybe just not the bit I was in. Okay, so it's actually quite beautiful, but from what I could see it was all homelessness and hen parties, with an underlying hint of aggression.
Or maybe I was just bored so I picked up on these things?
Out of my hotel room by 11am, went and enjoyed a nice fry up in a local cafe. Then still had 3 hours to kill, so walked along the seafront again and then just sat in my car, replying to emails, for about 2 hours. All teaching stuff, everything has been replied to now. The car park where I left my car overnight stank of piss and I'm amazed the car was fine. As I was sat, in my car, killing time and playing with my phone, a woman (I'd say early-thirties) walked over to the corner of the car park and had a piss on the ground. There MUST be toilets, surely?
Over to my venue for a 4pm performance, my audience were 7 pensioners. They took a while to get into it, infact...for the first ten minutes I was honestly thinking this is the worst show ever, they didn't laugh at all and were clearly trying to work me out. But then it all settled. By the end, the climax to the show, I could feel they were all gripped and the applause at the end was huge. I really like doing this show.
I have mixed feelings about these two days; I've spent a lot of time by myself overthinking things and I've lost quite a bit of money doing this. I REALLY love performing this one, it's the best thing I've ever done and 12 performances in, I know it would do well in bigger rooms. But how do I get there? I'm nearly 38, I've just lost £200 (hotel, fuel and venue hire) to perform this piece, all to 15 people over two days. I should have got further by now.
Yet, it's a treat of a show. I guess, all I can do, is keeping running it. I don't know. I just feel it's the first thing I've ever done that deserves a bit more.
Traffic was horrible, but home by 8pm. A had dinner ready for me, I missed her and she really missed me, which is a good sign.
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