I’m on my second day in Tokyo as part of my “making connections” visit for Perfect Pitch and new musicals in the UK. I’m meeting producers, theatre owners, conservatoire leaders, directors, and interpreter/translators. Yesterday I was met with 6 different…
Author: Chris Grady
And Breathe…
For 5 years Kath Burlinson and I have been working with business managers to help them prepare for some of the stressful moments in life. Picture the moment you are invited into a room and required to talk effectively about…
Saying Yes to a meeting…or No
I’m a bit late with this week’s blog because I am knee deep in trying to tie up meetings for my visit to 4 cities/countries in 2 weeks – Tokyo, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Seoul. In each I am seeking meetings…
Two themes – proud audience member and inspired workshop leader.
Last week I saw my son, Michael Grady-Hall, play Oppenheimer in the West End. A planned performance in the Vaudeville RSC schedule when the amazing John Heffernan was off and his understudy, Michael, played. It was an electric performance. Yesterday…
Two wheelchairs celebrate customer care
Yesterday we took my mother-in-law out to Anglesey Abbey National Trust gardens. We have a new wheelchair called Django allowing us to go for longer perambulations than would be possible on two legs and a stick. All praise to the…
23 New Creative Theatre Producers in one room
My third blog from The National Student Drama Festival – this time cheering the role of Creative Producers, the lovely opportunity to make connections, and the rather unexpected claim from one panelist that there were no such thing as producers…
National Student Drama Feast
Thank you to NSDF for existing. A wonderful coming together of young passion for the arts; alongside wise saws and slippered pantaloons offering their support, encouragement, cheers, and critiques to the next generation of theatremakers.
From Jabberwocky to NSDF, Darlington to Scarborough
I can’t believe I have never been to the National Student Drama Festival. I first met the founder, Clive Wolfe, when I was at Bristol starting the British Universities Shakespeare Company. He was wise and kind. But we met it…
Surprising creativity keeps me alive…
I’m packing my bags for Darlington and the Jabberwocky Market this weekend, and then on to Scarborough for the National Student Drama Festival. Two new experiences for me. On Friday I have a “sold out” day of surgeries for emerging…
Battersea Arts Centre – keep dancing
This week I have returned from an inspiring weekend exploring a couple of artistic projects whilst walking the quiet back streets of Venice, jumping straight into coaching a mix of theatre directors and medical professionals, made a visit to Hull…