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Our lofty scene
“How many ages hence Shall this our lofty scene be acted o’er, In states unborn, and accents yet unknown!” Cassius (Act 3, Sc 1) Well to answer your question Cassius, just last week this lofty scene was ‘acted o’er’ in … Continue reading
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Spit and Polish
Well I seem to remember back in November starting this blog by saying I was going to attempt to direct ‘democratically’. I don’t think I have been particularly successful in this aim – my January mantra of ‘ruthless optimism’ has … Continue reading
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Tagged Antony, Julius Caesar, military training, Octavius, Shakespeare, Southside Players
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Riot Girls!
This week’s rehearsals have been really exciting – counting down to the point where everyone in the cast will have rehearsed at least one scene (just two more people to go!). On Sunday our biggest group of actors so far … Continue reading
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
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Tagged Brutus, Cassius, Julius Caesar, physicalities, Shakespeare, Southside Players, tongue twisters
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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
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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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