Category Archives: Club Bazaar Blogs

Here we are at the end of “Club Bazaar” (that rhymes in a very satisfying way). Finnegan’s Poem is a final monologue about how we should respect the arts and not take it for granted. With on-going cuts in funding to the arts resulting in a potential loss of interest as well as resources and opportunities,Continue reading “Finnegan’s Poem”

“The Balloon Ghost” was the third play belonging to the date-divorce-murder trilogy that started with “The Decent Date” and “The Divorce.” I played the daughter of Mr Jones and Miss Brown, whom had lived inside the womb of Miss Jones for years without her knowing. “I bore you a child in the end. Just like you saidContinue reading “The Balloon Ghost”

For a contrast we wanted this scene to have no music. Music was a huge part of ‘Club Bazaar,’ with underscoring almost entirely throughout, so when it came to a scene where there was no music at all the room felt very still. Written by Miriam Schechter, this very silly monologue was presented in aContinue reading “Two Elephants”

Only three of the plays in ‘Club Bazaar’ were directly connected. These were: ‘The Decent Date,’ ‘The Divorce’ and ‘The Balloon Ghost.’ In short, a couple meet for a first date and get on rather well. During ‘The Decent Date’ we meet Mr Jones, who is ill with what he believes is scurvy… Well… scurvyContinue reading “The Divorce”

I loved writing the underscore for this play as it was my chance to write cinematically. The tone of the whole of Club Bazaar was silly and melodramatic, and I got to overexaggerate this silly humour in my underscoring. Themes and motifs This play was all about Lord Baboonita and his son Babowan. 2 apes who hadContinue reading “The Legend of Baboonita – The Cinematic Underscoring”

We ended Act One with The Legend of Baboonita, written by Ben Price. This show involved two baboon masks we found in The Cellar when we first got into the space. The end result of this play really showed just how much of our inspiration came from the space we were in, and the objectsContinue reading “The Legend of Baboonita – The Songs”

The Decent Date was written by Miriam Schechter, and at the beginning of the process we had two very different visions for how we wanted this scene to start. Miriam wanted a really lovely piece of violin music to transition the scene beautifully from the opening, and I wanted the most grotesque, horrible piece of music toContinue reading “The Decent Date”

Introducing the Motley Rat Sisters, the cheekiest pair of sister-from-another-mister rats you ever did see! One of the many characters played by Thompson (Tom Williams) and Finnegan (Stan Skinny), the Motley Rat Sisters are cheeky, fun, and love a good dance. As a lot of the material in Club Bazaar was based on the limited resources ourContinue reading “The Motley Rat Sisters”

“Sinister music. Thompson and Finnegan appear slowly and mime as Ratty and Hatty, Juliet does not know they have started the show without her. Juliet enters, looks at her watch, whilst Ratty and Hatty continue being rats and Juliet finds it tiresome. Ratty and Hatty are two sister rats who sing and dance.“ Above wasContinue reading “Opening Mime”

Miriam’s instructions for the trailer were simple and clear; make it weird and make it creepy. Knowing the trailer was going to be starring two clowns in a dimly lit basement making a mess whilst trying to eat soup with forks, I wrote the first theme for our clowns. Send in the Clowns (Theme A) InContinue reading “Scoring the Trailer”