Sunday, December 18, 2011

Hampstead Comedy Club Walkin

In fact, all of us were already signed up to Ivor's workshop of six hours, we did not just "walked in".

Ivor does a great job, and has great methods.

The group, very diverse, from complete new to the field and stage, and public, to experienced actress of many years.

Very interesting personalities, all, and Ivor succeeded to "show" us by our own example, how much more interesting it is when someone on stage opens up, tells it as it is, describes what makes her (him) tick.

My most complain it would have been, it went to fast, and it was finished. One day, a few hours with Ivor and all those present was not enough! They were all wonderful, and Ivor is a great teacher, indeed. Inspired us all.

Saturday, December 17, 2011

Julie "Faces"

All our experiences are "good" for something. At least, almost.

Our joys but even more our frustrations.

Once they passed, we can tell stories about them or even see them in a comic angle.

But why wait?

I learned that in the middle of frustration, I can think "I can make fun of this" and that can lower a lot the anxiety of what happens! It worked already twice, perhaps it will be from now on.

Friday's South London Press page 3 speaks about me - I think.

They publish about some of my experiences of Stand Up comedian at age 77, with a strongly misspelled name.but my photos; but also misquoting some of the things I have said, changing it. But whatever, they at least talk about me.

Oh, well, people will not find me if they look, perhaps for the best?

Friday, December 16, 2011

Faces of Julie, stand up comedian at 77 by Simon

 
And yesterday, I was voted first at the "Comedy in Tooting" at Prince of Wales
Good end for my "stand up comedy discovery year!"

Thursday, December 15, 2011

Full day, with Silver Comedy, then Storytelling Workshop

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In south of London, but one hour distance from my place, a nice Comunity centre, Kennington Park near Oval Station, bus and underground.

The Silver Comedy "troup" arrived early, and I was not too much late either, and the "public", with silver hair, (or painted) arrived also a bit later.

Many of them, from Portugeze or Spanish speeking countries originally, arrived in London a long time before me, most.

This lady, come in our RomCom, telling she is the real wife, the real mother, and leaving me, alone... till Cee did not tell all "even if I was not the real one" he will love me always. It was fun to improvise, even if I have still much to learn.

Great comedians, Mr Cee as well as Kathy, I will never arrive at their level, but called in later for a RomCom, that turned out finally more impro suspense comedy, I did play my part not to bad finally. With help with two other elder from the audience.
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At first, we danced with this old gentlemen from Brazil, who did not speak one word of English, but was funny and had fun too, cheek to cheek as he suggested, then I showed the young ones how they should dance, and imitated modern dance, showed we can do it too, but it is less "interesting".
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With the games, animation, comedy, we made all enjoy themselves, all participate in a way or the other.

It was also a great lesson to me how to take out chairs, too many at the beginning, and make a smaller semi circle, and then as more came make the circle bigger! Each time, I do learn more then one lesson.

Even if I was the one moderating the Storytelling Workshop in the evening, I learned also there, not only from my to colleague animators, but also from all participants, their questions, and scenes they played, one by one.

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

today, again Silver Comedy



I am happy.to have discovered
Silver comedy, looking for mr
Cee, on the web!


I do hope
I will be able to transmit with them, joy, fun, and perhaps later even some more from my relatively new knowledge.

Through comedy, I learned this year to look at the life lighter, more humor, less tragic.

"How the comedian would look at it?" asked us always Logan at the May workshop. "You can make a joke from it" told me Steve, as I told him my latest frustrations.

as all is material for a photo, all is also or could be, for something funny, if one learns how to look at it!

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Lille, France

Conference in Lille, just before I got to live in London!

I did finally got into my computer, and into my flickr and blogs "normally", let us just hope, it does stay this way a bit at least!

I did it miss it a lot!
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I feel a dum monkey


Lost today morning, most recent docs,all those I did not save to my D partition

My computer opens again,

No way for the moment to make it connect
To the web...

I did not realise, how much "on the web"
I live day by day ,