This week I did a session with each of the 70+ 2nd years in Musical Theatre, Acting and Actor Musicianship at Mountview. Just an hour, but we managed to pack it with lots of useful “stuff” to help them as…
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Exploring Yorkshire Musical Theatre
I’m on my fifth country in 3 weeks – Yorkshire – exploring with writers and producers the future of Musical Theatre. I’ve been in Tokyo, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, and Seoul. Now I am in York for the 3rd annual New…
Whatever Happens… be prepared to be surprised (in Korea)
I rather love my life at the moment because all sorts of unexpected stuff is happening, and I seem to be open enough to relish it. I’ve had two taxi drivers this week – one in KL who drove beautifully…
Musical Theatre – Japan and Malaysia exploring
It’s Sunday and I am settled in a café at the Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre (KLPAC) shortly to meet the director of “Cabaret” before seeing the show in the black box space. In the other theatre there is Dama…
What do you call a collection of translators ?
I’m on my second day in Tokyo as part of my “making connections” visit for Perfect Pitch and new musicals in the UK. I’m meeting producers, theatre owners, conservatoire leaders, directors, and interpreter/translators. Yesterday I was met with 6 different…
And Breathe…
For 5 years Kath Burlinson and I have been working with business managers to help them prepare for some of the stressful moments in life. Picture the moment you are invited into a room and required to talk effectively about…
Saying Yes to a meeting…or No
I’m a bit late with this week’s blog because I am knee deep in trying to tie up meetings for my visit to 4 cities/countries in 2 weeks – Tokyo, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Seoul. In each I am seeking meetings…
Two themes – proud audience member and inspired workshop leader.
Last week I saw my son, Michael Grady-Hall, play Oppenheimer in the West End. A planned performance in the Vaudeville RSC schedule when the amazing John Heffernan was off and his understudy, Michael, played. It was an electric performance. Yesterday…
Two wheelchairs celebrate customer care
Yesterday we took my mother-in-law out to Anglesey Abbey National Trust gardens. We have a new wheelchair called Django allowing us to go for longer perambulations than would be possible on two legs and a stick. All praise to the…
23 New Creative Theatre Producers in one room
My third blog from The National Student Drama Festival – this time cheering the role of Creative Producers, the lovely opportunity to make connections, and the rather unexpected claim from one panelist that there were no such thing as producers…