We’ve just returned from a week long retreat in Somerset which was joyful and challenging, but which has left me in a very different place from before. Whether it lasts I don’t yet know. Firstly we were invited to relinquish…
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Wanted – changing guard / a new champion
After 6 years of CGO Institute, I start the 9th course tomorrow – which will also be the last with me as course leader, marketer, manager, and teacher. I am now interested to see whether anyone will step up to…
Ukraine March 2026
Preface: On the Way I start this blog from a Polish restaurant in Warsaw airport where I am meeting my producing associate Anastasiya Yevchenko, who has organised a whole array of meetings and shows for me in Ukraine. Shortly we…
The Maiden Name Dynasty
So often when a woman marries a man she bundles up her maiden name in a ‘nee’ and adopts the surname of her new husband. When children are born they have the father’s surname and that line continues through generations.…
Ballad Lines – a creative journey
On Thursday I was at the London premiere of Ballad Lines by Finn Anderson and Tania Azevedo. It was produced at Southwark Elephant by Katy Lipson and Kate Taylor. I am delighted to see some wonderful reviews coming through with…
Bristol Dramsoc – always a joy
For the last few years, at this pre EdFringe planning time, I have visited the Bristol University Students’ Union and run a workshop on producing, careers and EdFringe in particular. Students join from Dramsoc, from the MT Society, Spotlight on…
It’s Done…stop doing it !!
I think my New Year’s motto to myself is “When you’ve done what you can, stop doing it!”. I have a habit of staying at the freelance desk full-time although I am sort of semi-retired-ish. I revolve around the projects…
I Thought I’d Retired
After 50 years in the business and the arrival of AI to do all this teaching and blog writing and stuff, I presumed that when I had completed the launch of Producers’ Persona I could watch the sparks of connections…
Book & Pray / thanks to Mobius
Mobius Industries https://www.mobiusindustries.com/ kindly invites me, occasionally, to write about a topic which could generate some complementary/contrary responses from other marketing and arts managers in the UK. Here I reproduce one they published yesterday. Do feel free to comment and…
Who/What Is My Father ?
I have probably explored this theme before in blogs, but finding my real father’s grave last month prompts me, once again, to consider who my father really was. I met him only one time in my life, when I was…