Another quickie.
Felt a bit blue today, don't know why, could be the soggy weather that hasn't lifted all day, just a grey drizzle.
Le Jeu is coming to an end, that could be a part of it.
Could be that I've still no job to return home to when all this ends.
No job, no money, welcome to the wonderful fantabulous credit crunch double dip recession party!
Credit crunch? Double dip? are they trying to make these things sound like chocolates so they are easier to swallow?
A-Ha.
Yes, right there folks you see why I am not getting many laughs in clown.
But do you?
The realisation that I have been on the verge of realising for some time now is that it doesn't matter what the clown does or says, none of it, it is the moment after he does it that counts.
The pleasure that follows the moment after the joke, no matter how bad or old or half baked it is, when the clown looks out into the audience for someone to say, wow you are a great joke teller, tell me another.
The pleasure to pretend and to look out for someone to say hey you really are spiderman, or a pirate or frankenstein.
I understand these things in my head now to achieve them on stage.

This is the challenge.