One Person Show

Task title: 'One Person Show'.

Date of task: 10th October, 2011.

Aim of task: To reflect on our feeling on the play "Private Peaceful" through a one person show

Description of task:

• We are paired up, and we are going to create a one person show about other feelings about the show.
• I am paired up with Jason, as he did not go to watch "Private Peaceful", it is only me who is going to act out my experience, then Jason is doing the job of a director.
• This is the story of my one person show:
• Before I start my journey to the show, I am very excited, I am expressing it by walking out the stage jumping joyfully, and yelling out "Yeah! I am going to watch 'Private Peaceful', it is going to be very interesting! Just think about it, being nearly twenty characters in one performance, how awesome is that!"
• Then the setting moves to the bus, on my way there, I had an argument with some of the students about whether Economics or History is better, and at the same time I am still excited about the show. To show this, I will walk in a circle around a chair and talking about how good Econ is when I am in front, then expressing my excitement when I am behind the chair.
• Then I sit on the chair to symbolize the start of the play, and when I heard a gun shot that execute Private Peaceful, I stood up and talk about how I feel about his death, "After all the I have listened to his stories, he just died, in front of us, I already know so much about him that I treated him as a friend, but he just left the stage and *bang*." Then I fall on the ground to show the suddenness of Private Peaceful's death, and as the end of my show.

Reflection:

• After actually trying out a one person show myself, I realize that how difficult it is to be all alone on a big stage, I need to be very confident in order to act out well, also, as there is no other actor on stage, I need to memorize all the lines and I can't get any help from others.

Conclusion:

• We can use creative methods to express our feelings on things, I used a one person show to express my reflection on Private Peaceful.