<h1>Stand Up Drama</h1> <p> <p>In October 2005 I went to Madame JoJo&#8217;s in Soho&#8217;s Brewer Street to witness the first night of a new monthly &#8220;stand up drama&#8221; event in which a number of actors, either invited or coming as a result of auditions, get five minutes on stage to perform in front of an audience which has paid good money to get in.</p> <p>The aim was to give new and established actors an opportunity to experiment with new writing or perform to invited agents/casting directors.</p> <p>There was a great feeling in the venue and an atmosphere of encouragement rather than competition.</p> <p>While we were there we interviewed the director Melissa Leigh, all the actors taking part and featured Jason Wing (left) who was performing a piece he had been working on for some months.</p> <p>This is the short version, the long one was just well&#8230;too long ;-)</p> </p>