Thanks guys,
The whole performance wasn't 'me' really, everything I'm working towards is more intimate and bizarre but these guys asked for a quick bit of 'Derren Brown type stuff'. It's rushed because it's not scripted, my fault entirely. The pacing up and down isn't nerves especially, it's just what I do, I spend alot of time delivering coaching sessions to groups and pacing around the venue, around the attendees is what I do, I think that just translated onto the stage by pacing back and forth seemingly unnatural.
The head mic is definitely a good idea for stage, but as I said, stage really isn't my aim so might take yours off your hands Beardy
The audience was, quite frankly, a nightmare. They were a bunch of families there to see cheerleader troupes and pre-teen dancers and singers... mentalism wasn't on the agenda for them! I think Beardy has a point about wanting to get off stage, I wasn't entirely comfortable being aware that the audience weren't that interested. I suspect I'd be a lot happier with a more willing audience, who knows. I know it's not a stage fright thing, I've acted on stage plenty without feeling uncomfortable, safe in the knowledge that the audience are there to see acting.
That all said and done, I enjoyed it for the sake of experience, the biggest venue I've performed at to date and got two bookings off the back of it, more like the kind of thing I like to do as well.
