Myself and Martin have had discussions based around my initial ideas and I have been directed towards the approach of capturing moments in my own life in which the ‘falling down’ and ‘getting back up’ are confronted. The mood will set my piece and emotional connections will be established from my point of view. I think I may have to start by writing down some autobiographical events in my life where I have felt like giving up and wanting to end it all and also when I have felt that nothing could taint my happiness. I will hunt through old diaries to remind myself what I felt in exact moments in time and when I felt I was not concerned with the past and wasn’t worrying about the future..

The ‘life story’ of Shannon Turnbull is a nerve-racking and uneasy concept to perform, especially when I am the solo performer alone for 12 minutes, however I have realised that not everyone should have to or will actually like it. Some may find it uncomfortable, funny, inexperienced and or just plainly unemotional, but the point is I have to try and not consume myself with thoughts of doubt and go with it. I won’t try to make it funny, I won’t try to pull on people’s heart strings, I will express the experiences of my life in the mood I possess at the time. Trying to be funny and make my emotional baggage seem humorous will ultimately result in failure and a forced representation of true feelings.

I am unsure of which practitioner to stem my research from, however stand-up might be a good place to start. Their dispositions and skill of using their voice, body and material to make things funny, is captivating. Their embodiment of the space creates the physicality in the story-telling which holds the audiences’ attention. Whoopi Goldberg, Jimmy Carr, Lee Evans, Greg Davies are to name but a few comedians I like and admire, so I will research into their own techniques which may direct me towards a concrete idea..