My Saturday ended early because I wanted to write up my blog, and have a delicious tuna pizza in a heavy metal bar which was away from the party world of our very hip hotel. I saw one adaptation/rethinking of…
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Ukraine – Theatre impressions
Part 1 – 2500 words / long read… It is Saturday here and there ia powerful discussion going on around co-production between Lithuanian and Ukrainian theatremakers with translation between these two languages. I don’t speak either so I am slipping…
Ukraine visit / Greetings from Kyiv
I have walked the streets which are quiet and hope to see, in a few years, this amazing City filled with tourists taking in the heritage, the arts scene, and the contemporary buzz. This afternoon I’m a guest at KiFest…
Ukraine – May the force be with you…
When the all clear sounds on the personal air raid app in Ukraine, those signed up to hear the warnings in English get the unusual message “All clear. May the Force be With You”. So it is fitting that I…
Slow and off-grid (a bit more)
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…
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…