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What do you need to start a play?
This can’t have a right answer.
I’m trying to sort out my ingredients before writing a first draft of some thing I’m thinking about. I’m prevaricating.
It could mean I’m not ready. Or a bit lazy. Or it’s part of my process.
So, I decided to pontificate more and see if […]
In Memory
When I went back to Emmanuel, I went to say hello to a little tree. We planted in memory of my friend Nadia Rajan, who died when I was at college. It was good but sad to remember.
I’ve seen literally the last breaths of two […]
It’s of note that most of the ES Theatre Awards went to commercial plays (see below). Not only that, but the best newcomer is the Menier, which is geared also to commercially viable work.
This is one argument perhaps that the pressures of commercial theatre, actually does produce some of the best work and not the […]
We’ve cast the play! It was a trauma finding the actors. However, very interesting seeing how the actors interpret your words and seeing your characters come to life and take on a life of their own. Out of your hands. Wow.
Actors complain there are not enough good roles written for them.
(female roles, old people, non-white […]
Emmanuel College Chapel
I went back to Cambridge last week thelp with the interview process for a scholarship to Harvard (the Herchel Smith) that my college, Emmanuel offers.
I was an Herchel Smith scholar a few years ago. I had a wave of nostalgia back at Emma. […]
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Flyer & poster for Yellow Gentlemen
Flyer (right hand side) and poster design for my play, Yellow Gentlemen, at the Oval house 14 Feb - 5 Mar, 2006.
Any comments?
I was thinking about film, which I don’t do too often but find myself doing more and more. It struck me that many films (and perhaps plays too but maybe not so obviously/extreme) use the
“best thing to happen —> worse thing to happen —> best thing to happen —> worst” event structure.
This structure can […]
Cheek by Jowl was founded (in 1981) by Declan Donnellan and Nick Ormerod.
They’ve done great work, Declan as director
“At the theatre we keep our eye on extremities that might engulf us. In an act of theatre you assemble eight or nine hundred people in a space, then together you touch these dangerous feelings […]
David Farr, recently artistic director of the Lyric, discusses the pros and cons of “big” and “small” plays, with some arguments against a “monster” playwright.
“It can be argued that the solo-written play is at its best when it is miniaturist. No modern play has taken me further into the human condition than Harold Pinter’s The […]
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