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CHEKHOV'S FIRST PLAY

STAGE PLAY

Microphone

5 November, 2018

Battersea Arts Centre, London

Writer/Director

Bush Moukarzel

Ben Kidd​

Performers

Ensemble cast

Duration

1 hour

First off, this is not my production!

I had tickets to attend the play. Shortly before the show, the director, Bush Moukarzel, approached me and said that for every performance, he asks an audience member to be the main actor in the play. He asked if I'd like to perform for that night, to which I (very nervously!) obliged.

How it worked was, I was given a pair of headphones to wear, and the Co-director, Ben Kidd, fed me instructions for each action to perform on stage. The rest of the audience were completely unaware that I was not one of the cast members! The trailer shows an audience member chosen on a different night (the one wearing a red jacket and headphones).

It was such a cool concept and an incredible experience, so thank you Bush and Ben for the memories!

SHANE THEO JOSEPH

STJ

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