In February 1990 Jonathan Larson turned 30. Six months later he heard about the worldwide Quest for New Musicals and submitted his first two musicals to us at Buxton Opera House. I was 32 and just starting on what would…
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K-Musicals / a global view
I have been at the birth of a global brand this week, and a way of working which could change the face of theatre and our way of doing show-business in the future. We need change, and whilst aspiring and…
Servants, Slaves and Showtunes
This week I started the 3rd Diploma in Creative Producing classes with our 6 UK/Australian producers and a wonderful array of Faculty meeting with them to inspire, encourage and support them. David Glass, Alice McGrath, Tanya Agarwal, Marie McCarthy, Ellie…
A time for invention
On Monday 6 aspiring producers join me for the third run of the Diploma in Creative Producing since we began the CGO Institute at the start of lockdown in early 2020. They will be inspired by producers and creatives to…
The rollercoaster of the freelance life
On Oct 2nd my last blog talked of the excitement at waking up in our industry. But any time we bounce forward, we have to accept that we live on a rollercoaster. And the rushes to the bottom are not…
The energy of creativity as the world wakes up
Last night NY based producer Megan Schadler and I were guest panelists on the New York based Theatre Resources Unlimited (TRU), founded and led by Bob Ost. 40 experienced Broadway, off Broadway and West Coast theatre producers and creatives joined…
New Beginnings …careful steps for new talent & audiences
As the West End reopens with the welcome return of blockbusters which will get the massive press coverage with red carpets and celebrities, my gaze turns to off West End, Regional, and new work development. I have been to Clapham…
Please help me avoid “preaching to the choir”
I’m a 63 year old, white, male, middle class, bi, theatrically British and relatively well connected, Guardian headline reading, Radio 4 listening, champion of new work and new producers. I know people who are younger than me, queerer than me,…
In celebration of New Celts
New Celts – What a fitting title for a theatre collective bringing new work and new talent to Edinburgh Festival Fringe at this most unusual of years. A time when some national reviewers and promoters seem to be studying the…
Fringe – Berwick & Edinburgh
On Sunday we witnessed the magnificent Storm as she rose from her slumber in North Berwick, sloughed off her covers encrusted with detritus from human waste and rubbish from the oceans, and walked the coast against the soundtrack of Mairi…