As 2017 is analysed and filed away, Kath and I are busily sorting out 40+ years of archives, lofts, photos and our individual and shared lives as we reduce (a bit) what we plan to move to our new home…
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Clothing Optional performance for “Theatre Buffs”
The following is an article I wrote for The Stage, but they didn’t choose to report after this event – so here I share it as a blog: Hair / The Vaults / Sat 11th November 2017 As reported in…
I’m Fine
I’m Fine – not a cry for personal help (honest), but a call for honesty and listening… I started these blogs to bring to the discerning public the showcases, fringe shows and special events I had been at. Over time…
Extraordinary and Unexpected Spaces
I seem to have had a couple of weeks of creating and being in spaces where extraordinary and unexpected things can happen. Teaching, facilitating technically futurist workshops, and workshops on being a director, and finally we all celebrated Hair in…
It’s been two weeks since my last Blog Father….
I was at a Shadows workshop at the weekend with the amazing and challenging Jamie Catto who is Insanely Gifted. I had the privilege to work with 12 of the Authentic Artists who are on a two year pathmaker programme…
Cabaret, Theatre, and inspiration from the next generation
Last week was a rather extraordinary and rich week of theatremaking and spaceholding. It started with a joyful evening of fun cabaret created by West End Frenchies and managed by our alum Mountview MA producer Mathilde Moulin. A small posy…
“I have more trees to climb”
Along with a wealth of wise words and inspirational texts, there are a few people who just inspire me by capturing in a simple way what I need to know at any point in my life. Many audiences to Edinburgh…
Producing, Binary?, Neurotypical?, and political Ladykillers…
Freshers week at Mountview is complete and 12 producers from UK, Peru, Spain and Greece are now settled down in Wood Green with assignments, projects, lectures and meetings packing their lives (and mine) through to Christmas. For some, they have…
Edfringe and the Three Steps Behind Club
I have often written over the years about the special club which was formed one rainy morning on the banks of Derwentwater unbeknownst to the illustrious guests gathered there. Dame Judi Dench may have been centre stage, but around her,…
Edfringe 170823 – My final reviews this year…biscuit brilliant
In our final two days at the 2017 Edinburgh Festival Fringe and International Festival I caught 6 shows and missed one. My apologies to my colleague from my very early days in Edinburgh, Robert Dawson Scott, for having a ticket…