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Surfing on a wave of something else entirely…
One minute I’m at the Southside Pub Quiz following up our team’s immaculate positioning mid-leader board (no-one wants to actually WIN a pub quiz surely?) with what felt like a doctor’s surgery of visitors to our table wanting to talk … Continue reading
Posted in acting, directing, Julius Caesar, Uncategorized
Tagged Brutus, Cassius, Julius Caesar, physicalities, Shakespeare, Southside Players, tongue twisters
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Surfing on a wave of panic (2nd rehearsal)
Perhaps I was just tired? I’d got back from Venice on Tuesday, had the first rehearsal on Wednesday night, unsuccessfully auditioned for the Olympics Games opening ceremony on Thursday night, gone out for what I thought would be a quiet … Continue reading
Posted in directing, Julius Caesar
Tagged Dreams, John Martin, Julius Caesar, Mark Antony, Olympic Games, Shakespeare, Southside Players, Venice
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The challenges of a collaborative artistic process – 1st Rehearsal
You can plan for a lot of things in a rehearsal process. I certainly believe in planning. I had sent an email to the cast telling them what I expected and what to expect of the first rehearsal. I had … Continue reading
Sometimes talent really isn’t enough
.. to get you the role you want. Which, with my actor’s hat on is rather reassuring. With my director’s hat on I find it slightly sad! Last Saturday I saw nearly 30 people at auditions for the Southside Players’ … Continue reading
Posted in acting, directing, Julius Caesar
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Democracy or Dictatorship a Directing Dilemma
I am about to embark on a very exciting project – directing Julius Caesar for Southside Players as part of RSC Open Stages. We don’t perform until mid-February but on Friday we had our first production meeting. My aim for … Continue reading
Posted in Julius Caesar
Tagged Carne Ross, Julius Caesar, Lego, Paul Mason, Shakespeare, Southside Players, Twitter
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Are We All Zombies Now?
I’m not an economist and have only recently become interested in economics – mostly because I am interested in the dire political situation we find ourselves in – reinforced by recent riots but also by reports of rising unemployment, closing … Continue reading
Posted in Politics
Tagged politics, precariat, riots, Zombie Business, Zombie Economics, Zombie Households
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Art is more important than science
Art is more important than science for the future of the human race It’s provocative I know. Scientists everywhere will be tapping out responses furiously – or they would if anyone ever said this in a more public forum … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged art, chris smith, culture, marmot review, michael marmot, science, uk cuts, ukuncut
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Why We Shouldn’t be Afraid of the Alternative Vote
On May 5th we are asked to decide whether we should change our parliamentary voting system from ‘First Past the Post’ to ‘Alternative Vote’. I would hazard a guess that, like me, many of us don’t really know what that … Continue reading
Is Culture the Way Out of the Capitalist Cul-de-sac?
I was going to say the ‘consumerist cul-de-sac’ but then realised that there is no way out from consumerism. We must do it to survive; we must have food to eat, clothes to protect ourselves from the elements and fuel … Continue reading
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Tagged anthony gormley, arts cuts, capitalism, comodity, conservative government, consumerism, culture, education, libraries, library cuts, socialism
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