THE WOW SHOW

Performed and Written by: Vincenzo Tortorici

This is a young children’s show that uses many standard prop manipulation elements. Children did laugh. Start with the opening wow. Wow is one of my favorite words because it can describe so many wonderful things and emotions. Vincenzo’s first wow off stage seemed forced. This may seem picky but the opening moment is important in any show. About 5 minutes into the show his clown seemed warmed up and the wow’s where genuine.

Most of this wow clowns technique with props was very good and seemed to get better the more he performed. His first hat trick of putting the hat on his head and the hat popping off needs some more practice. By the third of fourth time he got it working. This hat trick needs to look magical. The final time he did it. But because of the botched attempts before hand no one laughed. Need to get that first trick right on. Then it is funny. These small problems are usually caused by three different things, lack of a good warm-up before your show, lack of practice or lack of good strong rehearsals the days before your show. This show has many good elements and can pass as a good show. There are things I believe need work. There is not much of an arch in the show. It goes from one trick to the next trick. Would like to see more of a build somehow. The cleaning up premise is fine and it looks like there is more to explore their as a performer. After the show I noticed one of his main props was borrowed from the theatre. This special but common prop should be a prop you know and work with.

There were really two show in this show. The prop show and the story telling show, which relied on a little too much audience participation for my taste. Somehow it would be great to combine these two shows into one.

One great thing about his show, no pre recorded popular music. This allowed the wow clown to really explore all the emotions going on at the time and free him to improvise with the audience taking advantage of opportunities that came up. Which he did well. After the show Vincenzo comes out and gives a short lecture about “Do Not Open” and following all warning signs. This relates to his trunk, which says “Do Not Open” which he opens. Of course this was no surprise to anyone. If you must give a lecture after your show about something in your show, “Change the Sign” to words that do not concern you or give the warning in your show as part of the show.

In general looking forwards to seeing The Wow Show and Vincenzo grow, he is doing many things right.