So You Want to Do a Solo Show?

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ISBN: 9781848420847 | 1848420846
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 2/21/2012

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A unique guide to every aspect of putting on your own solo show: choosing the subject, raising the finances, booking the venue, and performing it! Being a veteran of the solo-show circuit as a writer, performer, and director, Gareth Armstrong is the ideal guide.

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Foreword	p. ix
Acknowledgements	p. xi
Introduction	p. 1

What's Your Motivation?	p. 7
What's Your Inspiration?	p. 11
What's Your Show?	p. 13
A previously performed play	p. 15
A play using your own life experiences	p. 18
A play based on a real-life character or characters	p. 22
A play based on a fictional life	p. 28
A play revisiting a fictional creation	p. 32
A play celebrating a literary life (by impersonation or in recital)	p. 36
A play adapted from other media	p. 43
A play for children	p. 54
A play based on utilising a special skill	p. 57
A play based on none of the above	p. 61
Finally, the First Word	p. 63

Getting Your Act Together	p. 67
Money	p. 69
People	p. 74
Timing	p. 83
Rehearsals	p. 85
First Night	p. 88
Next Steps	p. 91
Publicity	p. 99
Booking Agencies	p. 104
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe	p. 107
Life After Edinburgh	p. 116
Touring	p. 120
Budgeting	p. 125
Rural Touring	p. 128
International Touring	p. 130
Postscript	p. 136
Appendices	p. 137
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