If you're trying to sell your big ideas, make sure you've got your pants on
Earlier this month I attended a theatrical performance in the Courthouse Arts Centre in Tinahely in Co Wicklow. There were two short monologues, both performed by Cora Fenton, co-founder of Call Back Theatre.
The second piece was called 'Bonfire Night'. It was narrated by a middle-aged woman with a history of disappointments and left to care for her elderly father. It was bonfire night and she was heading out. Oh, and she had a gun. The monologue riffed backwards and forwards through her life but always seemed to come back to the gun. It was very much Chekhov's gun and we all knew it was going to be used.
However, when the moment came it was totally unexpected and the audience reacted with a collective intake of breath.
