There is something very special about bringing out my tibetan cymbal bells for a new Open Space client. Tonight I had the pleasure to work with Kings College Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (IoPNN to the know-crowd) and an…
Author: Chris Grady
Father/Master of the House….
Still Championing on the Fringe…at my age Most of my 58 year old contemporaries are either rich/famous from their creative decisions and brilliant positioning at the centre of the storm, or they have given up years ago and got a…
Art is International & in the hands of the next generation
This week, apart from my sense of play, I have been struck by the joy of international collaboration. At a time when politicians may be talking about narrowing their focus to the local and the immediate, the chosen ones and…
Play is serious business – and so so needed
This weekend, I was a guest at the launch of a new collaboration between the China based GengXing Culture Development Company, Ginger.cat, and the UK based Big Foot Arts Education. Big Foot work in schools to inspire young people through…
This House – a very personal despair
I have three personal rules: Only walk out of a show that I have bought a ticket for, try not to read reviews of a show I am going to see before seeing it, and (because I am not a…
Spotlight on arts and young people
I read an article on Wed 18th in the Evening Standard where Christine Lagarde, head of the IMF, talked at Davos of the “crisis of the middle class”. Exploring where current Brexit and populism-fueled politics were squeezing out the middle…
Let the sun shine in – creative joy & collaboration
There’s a creakiness which pervades my creative bones at the start of the New Year. A time to catch up on emails, read a load of assignment submissions from producers, re-arrange the diary with meetings which were planned for “must…
Footsteps going forward – don’t dwell on the past…too much
[A quick pic when I turned – my balletic steps looking back across the dunes in Gran Canaria on Christmas Day..where I had walked] I know where I’ve been, but I don’t know where I am going. The challenge is…
My year in reflection – in lieu of Christmas cards.
Firstly may I wish you, dear reader, the most harmonious, peaceful festive season you could wish for – and a new year which puts a spring in your step, and a spark in your creative spirit. This will be my…
Brighton Rialto and Motherhood
I had the pleasure of spending time with the creators of the Brighton theatre venue The Rialto this week, Roger Kay and Lauren Varnfield. We were exploring their ambitions to move to being an essential, recognised, and commercially viable year-round…