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…
Author: Chris Grady
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…
Edinburgh Fringe…preparations and virgins
If it was pre-Oscars everyone would be scrabbling for the best designer frock to hold their creative assets. But it isn’t. Its pre-Edinburgh and everyone is trying to ensure that their creative crown jewels are well and truly wrapped within…
Croissants, Cocktails, and the Universe at work…
This week I will be quick because its Tues already I want to offer you croissants and coaching, cocktails and coaching, and a quick dose of “thank you Universe”. I was at a course on Saturday to help me help others…
Pick Me…pick me…or maybe pick yourself
I’m returning to a theme I explored in my blog of 19th January “can’t get a job…make some work” inspired by some of the coaching sessions I’ve had in the last couple of days, and in preparation for the CGO…
Open your eyes and your heart – listen to the Universe.
The mind is a strange and wonderful thing and they say we regularly use about 10% of 1% of it for personal growth and development. Pam Lidford’s amazing coaching CD for coaches which I am working through today offers the…
Phil Cool’s Carrier Bag
Through the 1980s and 1990s it was my pleasure to be working in theatres with a rich and wonderful programme of events. The amazing Phil Cool – the rubber faced solo comedian – was a regular sell-out gig, building on…
Feeling Rubbish…How Honest Can you Be ?
One of the things about networking is that you are expected to be in a really good place emotionally and business-wise when you do it. And the thing about going to speak at a conference, or lecturing in education, is…
If you can’t get a job…make some work
I’ve just uncovered a folder which reminds me that on 27th August 2015 I will celebrate 40 years of being an arts administrator in the real world. Julian Garner created the Frog Company, wrote two amazing plays, and in 1975…