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‘Solo Spot’ is presented by the Blue Room in Northbridge, as part of their ‘21 Summer Nights’ programme. This gives a chance for actors and writers to try out one of their 20-minute works. Last night’s show, to be repeated on Friday 19th March at 8.00, had five very different individual pieces.
‘An Incan Love Story’ written and performed by Zalia Joi, starts with a carefree girl thinking of her lovers and the sexual side of their relationships. Then one day she meets an old Peruvian man who tells her the true meaning of love.
A sensitive piece, where yet again with her 2 to 3 octave singing and her deep whispering voice, Zalia captures the audience.
‘Swings and Slides’ written and performed by Kerry Bowden, tells of that dreaded night when the parents go to their child’s school to hear the disastrous news of the pupil’s ‘progress’, from a teacher that appears to have no empathy with infants. Very funny story, with well-observed ideas.
‘Keeping abreast’ written and performed by Natalie Ryan-Brand relates the feelings and comments of the doctors and her friends when she is having a problematic mammogram. A brave and fascinating story beautifully told which held the audience in silence.
‘Keloglan and his Wise Brother’ written and performed by Amber Onat Gregory and based on a series of Turkish folk stories. Following the play on breast cancer, and their ‘shave your head campaign’, appropriately Keloglan is Turkish for ‘bald boy’. Amber performs most of this story in her native tongue, with short passages of English, but with her descriptive hand movements and engaging expressions, you felt as though you could understand every word of this hilarious tale. Most enjoyable.
‘Pickles’ written by Chris Thomas and performed by Kyla Jones, tells the story of a family moving to a new area of Liverpool, whilst being very happy they are totally unaware of the streets strange inhabitants and the previous history. A very different story, with several interesting themes well portrayed by Kyla.
Booking is essential for these performances. The season has had about 40 different shows, which although they may not be the most professionally performed, as many of the performers are primarily writers not actors, it is still wonderful to see the vast range of topics and styles. A most enjoyable start to what I am sure will be another great year at the Blue Room.
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The Western Australian Youth Theatre company holds regular Sunday afternoon courses in ensemble theatre for young people between 12 and 19 years old. We recommend that participants be of High School age or above, and discourage primary school students from enrolling until they’ve made the move to High School.