Script

In The Plus (Final draft of the performance script)

James Reilly

Solo Peformance Script official

Above is the last edit of my script. Overall through looking at my script edits, you may have noticed that I went from an 8 to 10-page script to 5 pages. This is because throughout my process I realised what I felt was important and what wasn’t to my writing. These decisions were even made in this final edit where I wanted to refine my material.

 

Finally, significant edits came towards the end of my performance. I reduced the length of the voiceovers (Mainly for my benefit baring mind I was planning to run on the spot for it all) but also my monologue at the end of my performance I decided to review what I wrote and pick points of focus rather than discuss everything.

 

Apon reflection I found creating a script for 10 minutes very tasking, and I’m very proud of my ability to reduce the text when I may have wanted to keep sections of it. It opened my eyes to how to structure a show and what is essential to remain in a performance.

 

 

In The Plus script (Version 3)

James Reilly

Below is my 3rd version of my In The Plus performance script as an attachment. In red is the new edits.

Solo Peformance Script version 3 ;0

I decided in my piece to bring focus to the idea of cake more so to achieve this I included halfway through my show and at the end. In the middle of my performance, I decided I would hand out brownies to the audience then move onto the explanation of the importance of cake to asexual. Likewise, at the end of my script, I stated in my text feel free to eat the cake because otherwise, I would bringing back some humour to my writing.

I also decided I need to show the audience why I’m doing a show on asexuality and why we are so hidden. To achieve this in my script discussed is the lack of asexuals in the world focusing on the statistics 70million and 1% of the population. I wrote this then visually to shown by the projection of what this would cover on the map.

In The Plus Script (Version 2)

James Reilly

Below is version two of my script In The Plus with some major changes and some smaller ones. Enjoy.

Solo Peformance Script version 2

Firstly in this draft, I shorted the start of my show when I go over the analogy for what asexuality is. I had four projected silly examples, and I thought that was overdoing the joke, so I reduced it to just the poet and oil paintings. It was a small change, but I believe more effective on stage.

 

The most significant edit to the script I have made is the inclusion of a monologue after the voiceovers. It voices my struggles as an asexual and is the only time I talk about myself in the piece. At first, I was reluctant to include it, but after much thought, I decided it needed to be covered as I as an asexual person talking about asexuality, not at one moment had I ever talked about what it feels like. I go over the struggles of finding out my asexuality and the happiness and proudness I feel. It’s a raw emotionally driven ending to the show, and I hope on stage it will effectively produce an image for the audience after I have built a connection throughout the show.

 

In this draft, I also started to consider the scenery and staging if was in the addition of projection or taking it away. But also on how I would light the piece. I made decisions on spotlights and having the flag lit on the stage.

 

Originally I planned to have the ending of my show having the audience joining me on stage to decorate a cake to bring it full cycle and end on a high note. However, this was time-consuming, and unpredictability of how long this would take unfortunately meant I had to cut this from my version one script and instead end on handing out the bracelets. This was a tough decision but one that needed to be made.