I was at a Shadows workshop at the weekend with the amazing and challenging Jamie Catto who is Insanely Gifted. I had the privilege to work with 12 of the Authentic Artists who are on a two year pathmaker programme…
Author: Chris Grady
Cabaret, Theatre, and inspiration from the next generation
Last week was a rather extraordinary and rich week of theatremaking and spaceholding. It started with a joyful evening of fun cabaret created by West End Frenchies and managed by our alum Mountview MA producer Mathilde Moulin. A small posy…
“I have more trees to climb”
Along with a wealth of wise words and inspirational texts, there are a few people who just inspire me by capturing in a simple way what I need to know at any point in my life. Many audiences to Edinburgh…
Producing, Binary?, Neurotypical?, and political Ladykillers…
Freshers week at Mountview is complete and 12 producers from UK, Peru, Spain and Greece are now settled down in Wood Green with assignments, projects, lectures and meetings packing their lives (and mine) through to Christmas. For some, they have…
Edfringe and the Three Steps Behind Club
I have often written over the years about the special club which was formed one rainy morning on the banks of Derwentwater unbeknownst to the illustrious guests gathered there. Dame Judi Dench may have been centre stage, but around her,…
Edfringe 170823 – My final reviews this year…biscuit brilliant
In our final two days at the 2017 Edinburgh Festival Fringe and International Festival I caught 6 shows and missed one. My apologies to my colleague from my very early days in Edinburgh, Robert Dawson Scott, for having a ticket…
Edfringe 180822 – Blog 6 – there’s still time…
I ask again, how do critics do it, seeing shows, meeting people AND finding time to write. Anyway here is a catch up on a few shows I have seen over a weekend of Fringe Breakfasts, CGO Surgeries, and meets…
Ed date 170818 – My 5th celebratory blog of EdFringe 2017
After 5 days away we are back for another week of theatregoing, along with 20 panels, workshops, surgeries and meets. May I recommend living in Portobello during the Festival – swimming pool, walks along the beach, 20 mins from town…
Ed Date 170806 – Finding your courage
A quieter day today at EdFringe as I move around the City which is packed with theatremakers looking for theatregoers, theatregoers dodging the showers between tourists, tourists looking at vistas, and vistas which make this one of the most beautiful…
Ed date 170805 – 6 shows, sexual self and no programmes….
This was planned as an 8 show day – which is eminently possible on the Fringe, but in the end I abandoned a cross city walk to one show, and saw 7. Here are thoughts and recommendations for 6…