And She Said Coz It Feels Good

I bumped in
I did the press photo
We all sweated in the uncommonly humid Perth 4.30 styled afternoon
Lucky I had a hand fan coz it was more than moist
Lucky I wasn't in drag coz it all would have been in my lap within half an hour

In a small theatre complex inhabited by independent theatre practitioners and arts workers in the world's most isolated large(ish) city, a twenty five night festival got under way.

Dedicated following, and a good feeling.

And Tawdry Heartburn in the Parlour??
What your to be the old bar of the theatre is now a kind of inner foyer to the main theatre space and characterised by the famous and much loved mural that adorns pretty much all most of the wall space. Round cafe tables. A collection of old lamps. Comfortable couches and red velvet chairs. Theatre flats painted white or black becoming progressively more covered with the secrets I pull out of the secret jar and add to the walls. All the secrets from this five tuesdays of Tawdry Heartburn's Manic Cures well get onto the secret archive on www.aworldofsecrets.com

I was nervous but hey we are talking about a skill I have been using since I did a truely-ruley nail technician's course in the mid-nineties. (Long story but, seemed like a good part-time job to train for at that time, so I could support myself as a freelance art-wanker type)

So now, the 'show' is up and running, all the random experiences over 14 years and more specifically the last 3 months of work have come to some kind of constructed but not fully intended piece

I am resisting the urge to control it too much, what I wish for is that it takes me on a journey rather than the other way round

In case you missed it, the concept is pretty simple.

DO SOMETHING FOR SOMEONE IN EXCHANGE FOR A SECRET AND PROVIDE A METHOD FOR THAT SECRET TO BE GIVEN ANONYMOUSLY

Why Tawdry Heartburn?

Because heart burn is tawdry

Vision: a world without secrets

Mission: un-burden the world of its secrets, one set of nails at a time


So I did about twenty people and got perhaps a few more secrets than that - some just wanted to add a secret, others, wanted to add two

there were some cool insights and some funny moments

i loved that people got it and seemed to dig it

i love that feeling more than anything as far as i know


anyways one of the 'clients' was a performer I have admired the times I've seen her work but, i had never me her

she was very cool and i loved how different she was compared to any of her onstage personae

she does stand up very very well amongst other things and im fascinated by the concept of it but have no desire to walk onstage with that kinda pressure -be funny or else- on me

so i wanted to know why she would subject herself to that kind of cauldron of potential scorn

she was so elegant in her answer

'coz it feels good'


i had to agree...


it's been so worth it , even to get to this point and now im looking forward to seeing how this TH gig plays out...

stay tuned and see you soon

for now i gotta sleep

chookas TH

Night Before

It's nearly midnight.

Most of the prep is done for the first preview tomorrow night in little old Perth Western Australia.

I'm struggling with the home page content but it will get done. Trying hard not to repeat myself while another part of me is just wanting to stay focused and on message.

And now the more I think about it, the more what I want to write about is drying up. Think I'm at the point where I have to trust the ideas that were part of the original concept and even more so the experiences that perhaps brought about the concept in the first place.

What's the concept?

Easy.

Do something for someone in exchange for a secret they have never revealed and find a way to make the documentation of that secret completely anonymous.

Why?

Because heart burn is a tawdry...

And it's amazing how it feels to have actually 'said' something unsaid for the first time...


Oh, and by the way, HAPPY NEW YEAR all you oxen...

Ciao,

Tawdry