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Has Old Vic lost her way?
On Tuesday this week, as part of International Women’s Day celebrations, I was street-canvassing for the Women’s Equality Party in Waterloo. We had decided to wait outside the Old Vic for the audience from their Gender Debate to exit – … Continue reading
Posted in arts, directing, Politics, theatre
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Things I’d like to see (part 1): Real diversity in the arts
I’ve been thinking a lot, a lot, a lot about this. And, you know me, talking about it quite a bit. The thing about diversity is – it’s quite diverse and there are going to be certain barriers that are … Continue reading
Posted in arts, arts funding, Politics, theatre, Uncategorized
Tagged all my sons, arts, critics, diversity, education, hamlet, maxine peake, royal exchange manchester, theatre royal plymouth
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Challenges for the Arts – response to Maria Miller (et al)
Maria Miller has made her speech and many have responded, mostly we are rehearsing the old arguments, couched in terms that Government can understand. I am going on Monday to a meeting of the movement ‘What Next’ which seeks to … Continue reading
Posted in acting, arts, arts funding, directing, Politics, theatre
Tagged arts education, Arts funding, education, Intellectual Property, Labour, Margaret Thatcher, Maria Miller, Nick Hytner, Open Access Publishing, Tories, Zombies
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Les Miserables and Zombies
A lot of people have seen Les Miserables the musical, now a lot of people have seen Les Miserables the film, and some, like me, will also have attempted Victor Hugo’s mammoth novel. I was heartened to read that even … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, theatre
Tagged bourgeois, Cossette, Eddie Redmayne, Fantine, film, Jean Valjean, Les Miserables, Marius, politics, Tom Hooper, Victor Hugo, Zombies
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Of Men and Fringe (yes it’s NOT alliterative)
For the last two weeks most of my spare time has been taken up with Bits of Obits, a new writing mini-season featuring pieces inspired by obituaries. I got involved because @bitsofobits and I mutually followed each other within about … Continue reading
Posted in acting, directing, theatre
Tagged acting classes, acting workshops, Actors, Bits of Obits, fringe theatre, Perdekamp Emotional Method
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