The Praxis of the Solo Performer: The Theories and Practices Explored during the Creation of a Solo Performance based on the Life and Art of Ian Fairweather

Abstract

This research investigates the field of performance practice often referred to as monodramas, one-person plays or variously as one-woman or one-man shows, I adopt a more encompassing term, Solo Performance, to describe the activities of an individual performing to an audience within the field of Drama. Central to the conclusions I have drawn are the insights emerging from the processes involved in creating an original solo performance text and a live solo performance based primarily on events in the life of the Australian visual artist Ian Fairweather....etc.