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Tag: NSDF

Hull is full of surprises – thank you for your welcome

Blog•by Chris Grady•Posted April 14, 2017•0 Comment(s)

There is art in every moment of our lives if we just remember to open up and welcome it in.   This morning my colleague Jacqui and I hopped in another Hull taxi and, as I have each journey, I asked…

Tags: colchester institute, durham, hull, NSDF, poor michelle theatre company, UEA
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Students tackling big issues with power and skill

Blog•by Chris Grady•Posted April 11, 2017•0 Comment(s)

So I left you, dear reader, with my first impressions of Iconoclasts, Say It Loud, and Hull Tory Taxi Drivers. So here is instalment two when I look at agoraphobia, trans/cis gender, alcoholism, pelicans, self harm, mosaics, and anorexia –…

Tags: durham, hull, Lancaster, leyton, NSDF, refugees
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Powerful voices from the National Student Drama Festival

Blog•by Chris Grady•Posted April 10, 2017•0 Comment(s)

I’m not sure whether I will manage a daily dispatch from my time at the National Student Drama Festival, but let’s start with a first one. I arrived at 9.25pm last night from a day in Belfast, and the administrator…

Tags: hull, NSDF, sheffield, warwick
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National Student Drama Festival – 2016

Blog•by Chris Grady•Posted March 23, 2016•0 Comment(s)

What do the Addams Family, Toyland murders, verbatim theatre on child pornography, fast turnaround arts journalism, and a 3hr course of creative producing have in common? The answer is Scarborough and the National Student Drama Festival. For the 2nd year…

Tags: creative producing, mountview, NSDF, scarborough
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From Jabberwocky to NSDF, Darlington to Scarborough

Blog•by Chris Grady•Posted March 28, 2015•0 Comment(s)

I can’t believe I have never been to the National Student Drama Festival. I first met the founder, Clive Wolfe, when I was at Bristol starting the British Universities Shakespeare Company. He was wise and kind. But we met it…

Tags: cgo surgery, Jabberwocky, mountview, NSDF
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