ABSTRACT
The solo has total control of the show. The relationship is simply between him or her and the audience (although a solo can also relate to objects). This means that there tends to be more contact with the audience-everything must be directed towards the audience because there is no one else to relate to. It also allows for greater flexibility and spontaneity. The solo is free to drop the usual routine and go off in a completely improvised direction. However, it is a very lonely existence-no one to share those extremes of success and failure and no one to spark off. So solos are often interested in experimenting with working with other people; the trouble is that, being used to having total control, they are reluctant to let go of it.
