There are no hard and fast rules for designing theatre sets. Sometimes I prepare a model box months in advance of start of rehearsals, sometimes I design throughout the rehearsal period itself. With Gwei Mui we started with a script that was based on several weeks of research and development, some of which I attended to get a feel for … Read more
For the last few years I’ve felt worried about the end of the world, specifically our at-best slow, and at worst inactive response to climate change. Any news about it is always the same. We have this long to sort it out, this is what we can do it to stop it (or at least mitigate the worst parts of … Read more
In 2017, Camden People’s Theatre presented the Come as you are festival of trans, non-binary and gender-queer work. It attracted an appreciative LGBT+ audience and taught us a lot about working with, and for, that community. Subsequently, we designed a touring version with the strategic aim of supporting venues to improve the LGBT+ diversity of both their programming and audiences. We partnered … Read more
I started researching for ReVisions in 2017. I wrote it in chunks and finished it a year later. Then rewrote it again and again, had a run in July, got feedback, rewrote it again and now I’m about to see the second version come to life. Below are general, concrete and baby insights into this project As a Gay Jewish … Read more
I first fell in love with performance when I popped my Edinburgh Fringe virginity three years ago. I fell hard. I felt like an emotional, hot-blooded, endorphin-seeking teenager – except I wasn’t chasing kicks from sex and drugs – I was just a little bit high on #art. Solo shows especially I couldn’t get enough of. I didn’t understand why … Read more
It started from a realisation that I was seeing unicorns everywhere I went. And then, more and more I noticed them. Unicorns were blowing up. On instagram and youtube, people dressing as them, creating looks inspired by them, trying products themed after them. And increasingly they became a marketing dream as the phenomenon took off. Paperchase filled its windows with … Read more
What is it like to direct a solo performance? There’s quite a lot of responsibility you feel, directing someone’s solo performance – especially when it’s a piece like this one, where the details are drawn directly from the creator’s life. I feel a duty to Haley, and to the gentlemen featured in this piece, to be respectful, thoughtful, and multi-faceted … Read more
Welcome to the 21st century, I’m going to begin this article with a selection of headlines from the BBC News, all published in the last month. ‘Extra £420 Million to tackle potholes in England’ ‘Couples embrace move to outdoor weddings’ ‘Fairer share in UK fish promised’ Absolute classics, I’m sure you will agree, but of course, we cannot forget the … Read more
Seeing the world through the eyes of a child is seeing it as if for the first time, the saying goes. We make up the most fantastic stories when we are little. And in our honesty, we sometimes manage to voice things adults aren’t able to. So it’s always seemed strange to me that we’ve catagorised children’s and adults’ stories … Read more
In the UK there are currently 9 functioning Immigration Removal Centres. About 30 000 people are detained in them every year with around 2500 held at any one time. Over 50% of these people are not then deported. No one knows how long they will be detained for, the UK is the only country in Europe practicing indefinite detention, some people have … Read more