What do the Addams Family, Toyland murders, verbatim theatre on child pornography, fast turnaround arts journalism, and a 3hr course of creative producing have in common? The answer is Scarborough and the National Student Drama Festival. For the 2nd year…
Author: Chris Grady
Your theatre life in Hull, and the odd life of touring.
There can be few cultural places with more of a sense of anticipation than Hull, with 2017 just around the corner. The slogan “we know who we are” is on the station, the banners are flying and I was lucky…
Architects – ancient and modern
Although my life is pretty consistently filled with theatre, it doesn’t have what one might call a normal flow. Last week was Ipswich seeing Last Five Years, London seeing a computer generated musical and a new drama at the Arts,…
Who’s In It ? – a challenge, and maybe a solution.
“Who’s In It?” . This is probably the most common question when any director, producer, or theatre comes up with a show they want to present. Hamlet – ok but who’s in it. South Pacific – ok but who’s in…
Clothing Optional Theatre – research
Those who have followed my blogs for the last 3 years, and those who know me, will realise that I occasionally take new directions which may seem unexpected for my outward form and professional career. Crop circles surprised some people. Naturism surprised others.…
Don’t lose them…they are part of the bigger picture
This week’s blog is exploring the challenges of running a large organisation with many bits to it. The ideal reader is someone who is part of a larger organisation and realises that they may not be getting it…
What’s The Point ? – chasing January blues…
I occasionally lay awake at night and wonder “what’s the point of a Grady?” and last night was one of those nights. It’s January. It’s a week after the high energy and amazing creative ideas of Devoted and Disgruntled in…
Devoted in Birmingham (and gruntled)
I have been away from blog-world for a month whilst focusing on a short commissioned e-book which will, I hope, come out in August. The first script is with my sternest critic and editorial expert, Kath, and then it will…
The creativity business – the student’s journey
On Monday Tania Azevedo and I entered the ordinary world of Mountview classrooms to bring a call to action for 30+ 3rd year students to go on a mission for a day, and yesterday we did it again with 30…
Embodied Conversations with Audiences
I have the memory of a sieve and I don’t read back my blogs. They become a stream of my life, and I am sure I repeat myself often. But hey ho, maybe each repeat reaches a slightly different audience.…