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Carla Makes
Performance
I am most adept at working without a script, and I tend to make pieces which involve a large amount of improvising or finding games in the moment. Generally, I work entirely in character, either in a semi-improvised solo piece with beats, such as with drag or character comedy, or with other people in an improvised scene as part of a longer show. Often, you'll see me play lots of characters in one production.
I have also performed lots of scripted work in the past, such as full-length plays, stand-up comedy, and voice acting, and use my improvisation skills to bring to life the inner and outer lives of scripted characters for an audience.
Highlights
Max Velocity is a one-man, one-hour, interactive, intergalactic planetary comedy experience. It included the following: mullet-based humour, non-mullet-based music, and Max’s unconventional approach to astronaut training. Max Velocity has performed at Camden People's Theatre, Cambridge Junction, and the Royal Vauxhall Tavern.
Max Velocity Takes Up Space
//SEED
// SEED was conceived during the 2020 UK lockdown. It is a one-to-one encounter across the video chat platform Zoom where both the performer (Carla) and participant share the task of planting seeds, while sharing a semi-scripted conversation.
The Ministry of Unplanned Occurrences
I am artistic director of The Ministry of Unplanned Occurrences. We make 'moment-specific' theatre – shows which are unscripted, live and playful. Generally, our shows are naturalistic with a touch of magical reality. All of them are linked by way we play with light and shade, comedy and drama, and our love of live and in-the-moment storytelling.
Mumkour
I improvised, filmed, and edited this comedy short in one day as part of a challenge. Mumkour is the story of a woman who wants to start an exercise revolution.
A show with a clown in it. I'm working out who they are, how they play, and how much they want to be scripted...
In development...
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