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…
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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…
Helping New Producers, SPAs and Companies
It has been a pleasure to run two ‘seeing the wood for the trees’ workshops for SpaceUK Companies during EdFringe. I used to have the pleasure of doing these for the Fringe Society open to all companies, but their programme…
EDFRINGE 2025 – BLOG 3
Here is my 3rd blog post gathering another set of reviews from shows I have seen. It follows straight on from this selection https://www.chrisgrady.org/blog/edfringe-2025-reviews-blog-2/ and Blog 1 https://www.chrisgrady.org/blog/edfringe-2025-reviews-blog-1/ These 16 paragraphs are written at speed between shows as much to…
EdFringe 2025 Reviews / Blog 2
Here is my 2nd blog post gathering another set of reviews from shows I have seen. It follows straight on from this selection https://www.chrisgrady.org/blog/edfringe-2025-reviews-blog-1/ ATHENS OF THE NORTH: My time within the Storytelling Centre just gets better and better. Mark…
EdFringe 2025 / Reviews blog 1
After 4 days at EdFringe I’m taking a couple of days at home to be a quiet person and give my feet a rest. Here are a selection of short reviews which I’ve posted against each show on www.edfringe.com in…