Channel or Tunnel?
How much should your personal life affect your creative work? It’s a tough, meaty, chewy, get-bits-stuck-in-your-teeth kind of debate, but it’s one worth having, because it’s never going to go away. If you are a creative person in any capacity whatsoever, and you also have a personal life and a history, then at some point … Continue reading
Let’s get physical
Anybody that knows me knows I love to dance. In a club…bar…party…somewhere, I’ll be thinking I’ve got moves that would put Beyonce to shame. I watch those music artists perform and am totally inspired by the way their dancers move; the elasticity of their bodies, their incredible sense of musicality, how hard they hit the … Continue reading
If Music be the Food of Love, then Stuff Your Face
If you have seen any of our plays or heard us talk about our work, then you will probably be thinking that the title of this blog is somewhat inappropriate, given that we, er…well, the truth is…well, if you must know, the thing is that we… we don’t use music in our performances, alright?! There, … Continue reading
Let’s beast this!
I’ve been out of the loop on here for a little while, mainly because I had the pleasure of assisting Ben Webb’s The Well and Badly Loved at the Ovalhouse. Now, getting this gig, I did not know what I was going to expect. Being an assistant director has very many vague and broad practicalities. … Continue reading
Rock, Paper, Shreddies
I feel a certain amount of Catholic guilt about doing this blog post, because my childhood ethics tell me that it is, quite simply, not my turn. I did the last post, ergo it is now Mario’s turn to take to the keyboard. If I had taken the toy from the cereal twice in a … Continue reading
Money, money, money!
I think I really underestimated the importance of funding in the arts. Now, I know that seems a ridiculous revelation since how are we ever meant to create anything without some sort of funding? But, I guess being sugar-coated with school productions that had more money thrown at them than Wayne Rooney’s pay-check (if only!) … Continue reading
Empty Photo Theatre 