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Richard Cameron has been described by Aleks Sierz as
“Doncaster bard. Poet of post-industrial South Yorks. Specialises in tender and hilarious accounts of northern working-class life. His lyrical vision embraces tough women and violent men.“
Cameron wrote Can’t Stand […]
This summer I grew some herbs in a window box and some salad from seed.
Not only was the salad ever so tasty and the fresh herbs so zingy (and still alive in the mild October London weather; the salad is now eaten) but watching them grow was somehow a real life affirming experience.
Sun, water, a […]
I’ve mentioned this before but Nina Raine (who coincidentally wrote a play called Rabbit see below)has written for Arete, an insightful piece comparing two productions of Far Away, by Caryl Churchill. One by Stephen Daldry and one by Peter Brook, in French (which I managed to see in Paris).
There may be bias, in that I […]
Play. Making up your own stories. A party. An invite.
Creating your own theatre. (Self) Assembly.
Intrigued? Try here. Or go see Rabbit at the BAC.
Ok…. if you must know more; Lyn Gardner, Guardian, didn’t really like it but Lucy Powell at Timeout really liked it.
But I like the work of the man involved, […]
I’m hearing very good things about Punchdrunk’s Faust from friends and critics.
Lyn Gardner’s review is here. She writes: “…Step through the doors of 21 Wapping Lane - a vast disused warehouse in the original Tobacco Dock - and suddenly London is very far away. Behind these doors lurks a strange parallel universe, a secret deep-south […]
Some jobs going… All London based, I link to a couple of them but you can find out more on artsjobonline or Arts Council site. Early November deadline.
Director, Theatre Strategy click to apply
Director, Visual Arts Strategy click to apply
Director, Dance Strategy
Director, Grants for the Arts, £50,000 - […]
It’s true. Tokyo at night really does look like it did in Lost in Translation….
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And look who this is… appearing in a Japan only advert…?
A famous American actor…..
If you haven’t head of the slides at the Tate modern and you’re going to be in London, do check them out. See link here.
My top tip: past by early Friday morning - ie get there for opening at 10am and book a ticket for some time later - in the evening. You can […]
Reading commentary in the newpapers and on Natalie Uninterrupted about the Madonna baby adoption made me think about a workshop I did with Annette Mees (director) and Lyndsey Rice (dramaturg) regarding the Seven Sins.
The project is bringing together seven writers to write short plays on the seven sins.
I’m doing Greed.
Hm. Not sure what that says […]
I come back from Japan and discover two new blogs from people whose work I greatly admire.
OK, so Chris Goode seems to have been blogging for a while and I’ve just been slow.
David Eldridge is a genuine October starter. Both create great theatre and both – from what I can tell - have blogs worth […]
We are called playwrights – like shipwrights – this naming suggests we playwrights are craftsmen. Practical before “artistic” although there is much art in a beautifully wrought ship.
Perhaps this is one reason why I have always felt an affinity for craftsmen and artisans.
In Japan, before machines, before plastic, buckets were made by hand.
These were small […]
This really amazed me and for someone who works with words, I was temporarily lost for them.
“Congratulations to Benjamin Yeoh wh