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Grandomastery Random EXTRAVAGANZA Activity – Code-Meshed Theatrical Monologue Lab for C1–C2+ Charismatic English

The most flamboyant fluency arena in Grandomastery: you instantly become an outrageously extravagant persona (think Liberace meets RuPaul meets Oscar Wilde). A provocative topic appears, together with a famous quote that has been secretly “shifted” (every vowel or consonant moved +1 in the alphabet: “Hello” → “Ifmmp”). Your mission: deliver a 2–4-minute spoken tour-de-force that:

  • drips with over-the-top flair and personal style,

  • seamlessly code-meshes multiple registers, accents, and idiolects,

  • weaves in the shifted quote so naturally that listeners barely notice the distortion,

  • and leaves the audience both laughing and intellectually dazzled.


Target Audience

  • C1–C2–C2+ (“C3”) learners & native speakers

  • Performers, keynote speakers, drag artists, spoken-word poets, C2 Proficiency Speaking candidates


Mode & Duration

Solo spoken monologue (recorded or live) – 10–15 minutes prep + 3–5 minute performance


Key Skills Developed (True C2+ Level)

  • Masterful performative storytelling & narrative transportation in full theatrical mode

  • Advanced/proficient code-meshing & stylistic polyphony – effortless switching between high, low, vintage, global, and invented Englishes

  • Phonetic creativity & live cryptolalia – pronouncing shifted text while sounding completely natural

  • Extravagant register ownership & vocal charisma – commanding attention through pure linguistic excess

  • Quote metamorphosis & rhetorical alchemy – turning distorted text into the emotional climax of the speech

  • Audience hypnosis & emotional contagion – making listeners hang on every exaggerated syllable

  • Confidence under linguistic absurdity – owning the outrageous without breaking character


Core Theoretical Principles This Activity Is Built On

  1. Code-Meshing (Vershawn Ashanti Young) – deliberate, celebratory blending of multiple language varieties in one utterance to resist monolingual purity

  2. Ludicrism + Pataphysical Performance – treating linguistic distortion as high art rather than error

  3. Theatresports Status Play – extreme persona work to unlock fearless, flamboyant fluency


Used by top drama schools, TEDx coaches, and C2 examiners as the ultimate workout for magnetic, boundary-breaking spoken English and unshakeable stage presence.


Unleash your inner diva now: https://grandomastery.com/extravaganza



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