One of the reasons live entertainment is unique is that anything can happen and each show has the potential to be unique. The problem comes in when you have performers who refuse to go off track, and strictly stick to the script. When you ignore things that come up and don’t, “live in the moment” you are missing out on a gold mine of stuff that can happen.
One of the reasons live entertainment is unique is that anything can happen and each show has the potential to be unique. The problem comes in when you have performers who refuse to go off track, and strictly stick to the script. When you ignore things that come up and don’t, “live in the moment” you are missing out on a gold mine of stuff that can happen.
One of the things in my show is I have places where the person onstage can have a real moment onstage with me, not a manufactured one. Then I get to play, we can see where it goes. Sometimes it doesn’t go anywhere and that’s the risk, however the reward outweighs the risk.
The only hard part is to recognize when real moment becomes a manufactured moment. This is something that will happen with time. You’ll learn that if you ask a specific question within a certain contex you’ll typically get a handful of answers. Over time you’ll end up with a response to those. That’s when the real moment becomes a manufactured moment. There’s nothing wrong with a manufactured moment. I have a ton of them in my show.
Next time you perform, ask a question and play with the answer you’re given.