These past few days the same thoughts have been circling around my head.

• Are my audience going to get my performance?
• Will they find it funny?
• Will they understand it because they are not Greek?
• Will I be able to create a connection with the audience?
• Is it boring?

I think I have drove my friends crazy as I have kept on asking them the same questions over and over again. They keep on telling me the context of the performance is brilliant and the way I perform it does it justice. They keep on telling me that I have nothing to worry about and the audience will find it interesting as they are not from a Greek background. They have told me it is all about how I deliver the performance as the dialogue is there.

With this in mind, I have carefully been working on my performance and how I am going to present myself on the stage. I do want it to be funny and light hearted showing of the comedy aspects. My ideal performance would be to show the dynamics of the script and versatility of the Greek Cypriot culture. While I have been rehearsing, I have realised that if I don’t feel confident it is going to shine through the performance, so I have to give it my all and believe in what I am doing. I am thoroughly enjoying the rehearsal process and have begun to have fun with it. There are moments in my performance where I genuinely think this is hilarious and it will more than likely make me want to start laughing along with the audience.

It is time to put my worries to bed and to just go with it. The key for me is the delivery and the only way I am going to nail it is to continue running through the script and rehearsing. I want to be myself in my performance as the artist is supposed to be present and with this it will enable me to be true to myself showing my bubbly quirky personality on stage. I have continued to watch solo performances by Angelo Tsarouchas as everything he portrays on stage is identical to what I would like to achieve. Tsarouchas performance techniques are the biggest inspiration for how I want to perform my show.

YouTube. (2016). Chinese Buffet – Angelo Tsarouchas: Comics Without Borders. [online] Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiid6ZpCxg4 [Accessed 25 May 2016].