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Palm Reading
by Daniel Bye Commissioned by Absolutely Cultured and Northern Broadsides Two people meet in real life for the first time since lockdown. One is played by you. The other is played by someone you’ve never met. |
Palm Reading is a live online performance encounter for you and a stranger. Meeting one another for the first time through this script, you’ll experience closeness and distance in a whole new set of ways.
To experience Palm Reading, you’ll need to find a partner. You could ask around via your own social media, or you could find someone through the comments on YouTube, Facebook, or Twitter . Then just download the document, and make sure you read the instructions a few hours in advance.
It lasts somewhere a little upwards of ten minutes, but allow longer. There is no audience, just you and your partner. And since a couple of actors have asked me: no, you don't need to learn the lines. Beyond the instructions page, don't even read it in advance.
Download here:
To experience Palm Reading, you’ll need to find a partner. You could ask around via your own social media, or you could find someone through the comments on YouTube, Facebook, or Twitter . Then just download the document, and make sure you read the instructions a few hours in advance.
It lasts somewhere a little upwards of ten minutes, but allow longer. There is no audience, just you and your partner. And since a couple of actors have asked me: no, you don't need to learn the lines. Beyond the instructions page, don't even read it in advance.
Download here:
| palm_reading.pdf |
Audience comments:
"Palm Reading by @danielbye is such a beautiful thing. Find a stranger and read it with them. (You absolutely don’t need to be an actor to read it.)"
"Such a wonderful piece to be a part of. Didn’t expect to be so moved! [...] a really brilliant experience."
"@danielbye has a cracker on his hands here. An emotional rollercoaster but such a heartwarming and amazing experience. Connecting with a stranger, sight reading with a script. Loved it. Thoroughly recommend."
"Creative, light-touch, thoughtful."
"Such a heartwarming thing to do. I heartily recommend the experience."
"Palm Reading by @danielbye is such a beautiful thing. Find a stranger and read it with them. (You absolutely don’t need to be an actor to read it.)"
"Such a wonderful piece to be a part of. Didn’t expect to be so moved! [...] a really brilliant experience."
"@danielbye has a cracker on his hands here. An emotional rollercoaster but such a heartwarming and amazing experience. Connecting with a stranger, sight reading with a script. Loved it. Thoroughly recommend."
"Creative, light-touch, thoughtful."
"Such a heartwarming thing to do. I heartily recommend the experience."