Rehearsal 4

Greenie and Anna's Workshop


14/2/11


Again we started with a couple of games and the shang a lang

anna and greenie led a workshop that differed from the others in that it was not about generating new material it was task based and i thought very interesting.

they had alot of post cards all of witch had different photos or  painting on them old and new. there were two tables each with a microphone and two of us picked a photo and then competed  to describe the photo to the audience. then they added other elements in like questions from the audience that we had to answer and loud music that we had to shout over. it was a chaotic but useful task. i have always enjoyed competitiveness between performers as i think performing in its self is naturally competitive.

we then walked around the whole room and every time bumped into someone we had to greet them enthusiastically in french... which of coarse was funny.

they then played us a French song and when they paused it the fastest person to run to the microphone had to say what they thought the translation of the song was. and from all the silly things that were said we had to write piece of short text.

this is what i wrote.

I am the centipede that lives in  the pocked of your most treasured duffel coat. i have always been there, you've just never noticed. its ok, you needn't feel sad your not supposed to notice me. i and many others like me are the worlds best kept secret. we are like pocket masons (except girls can join to) I'm a girl. I'm a lady centipede, i have had many children 210 so far. they are all grown up now and pockets of there own and since in all alone now i thought it would be a good time to introduce myself to you. my name is moira, old fashioned i know but its the only name i have. and you probably think with me being a centipede i have 100 legs, but know, its actually rare for any of us to have 100. i have 63, well that was what i had the last time i counted. we're not like you lot... i don't know how you cope with just 2. no I'm not ike you at all you see we lose legs. i have lost 16 so fa in my life. last week you were routing around for your bus money and you swiped two clean off. don't worry though its not traumatic or anything it just stings a bit. we lose alot of legs but we need at least 30 to survive. because if we had less than 30 our body would be to heavy for our remaining legs. well that's really all there is to know about me . but its nice to finally introduce myself. so maybe the next time you reach in to your pocket you could give my hairy chest a tickle.