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We regularly offer this space for artists and companies to share their views, opinions and more information about the work they’re creating. Scroll below to find all of the above and much, much more.
I feel really torn about ‘Theatre’. Most people think of what I call the ‘top end’ of theatre – plays and musicals in the West End. I can’t deny that a performance at say the National Theatre can be thought provoking and immersive but I have always been aware of the disparity between those able to afford the ticket prices … Read more
For over a year now in the UK, for many of us, our experience of time has both attenuated and expanded. Amidst the wrenching tragedy of the greatest crisis to beset the country since World War II, the past has come to occlude the present. When the future remains so uncertain, memories rush in. As the poet Jenny Joseph observes, … Read more
Artists! I’ve been told I can be really hard on myself. I don’t take breaks and I ain’t good at self-care. I have only recently realised that self-care is a part of my job, thanks to lockdown… During lockdown I felt proper lazy, and Twitter helped me verify that. It seemed like everyone in ‘theatre world’ was seeing all the … Read more
Written by Brian Logan, Artistic Director of Camden People’s Theatre After the theatres closed last March, CPT didn’t immediately join the rush to digital. We didn’t want to add to the pressure on artists – already anxious for their livelihoods – by implying they should be making work, immediately, in a whole new artform. Also, we didn’t know if we … Read more
When we formed The Not-God Complex, as a collective that could serve to link together a selection of collaborative projects, the first issue we encountered was what to name ourselves. We asked ourselves – well what is this about? We threw out jokes about wanting to be an antidote to the patriarchal approaches to performance we were encountering in our … Read more
We’re Pigfoot- the first carbon-neutral theatre company in the UK. We make carbon-neutral theatre by generating our own electricity, often live on stage, and ensuring all production materials are borrowed, upcycled, or bought second-hand. You can find out lots more about how we make carbon neutral work here. We’ve been making carbon-neutral theatre for over 3 years now, but there’s … Read more
About Terri Jade Donovan I’m a disabled and hard of hearing actor and writer from Manchester. Currently a Creative Associate at Jermyn Street Theatre and a 2021 graduating actor at the Lir Academy. On my time off from the theatre at the moment you’ll probably find me taking long walks and eating a lot of cake. What inspired you to … Read more
Between 1992-1999, I went to North Westminster Community School (NWCS) – a huge comprehensive school lodged between the West Way and the Paddington Basin. Both brilliant and sometimes brutal, it’s an impossible place to describe. I always knew that there was something uniquely interesting and bold about this inner London experiment in liberal education. It was filled with idealism and … Read more
“Where are all the women?!” was the battle cry to my father and the TV during football matches, my protests later graduating to joining the boys’ only football team. In my tertiary days, my first solo performance was a commentary on women’s beauty rituals, where I prepared myself as a Christmas turkey in a one-woman show as a statement about … Read more
About Frankie Thompson I am a clown, performance artist and emerging idiot from London. I began performing as a teenager as part of Soho Theatre Comedy Labs, The Royal Court Youth Theatre and Young Pleasance Theatre companies before studying at Goldsmiths University of London and The London Clown School. My first show Forbruker was a ‘one-woman advert break’ which originated … Read more
