It started… this mini-tour of (F.E.A..R.) and here I am in Bridport, lovely Bridport with its splendid bakeries, cafes and art centres. It’s nice to be here as the week leading up to the two shows at The Lyric had not been particularly typical or routine despite my efforts to organise myself. Whilst deep in the rehearsing process I had … Read more
Please sum up TPTP in 3 words Hilarious. Gripping. Insightful. Tell us what inspired you to create the piece I’d begun performing comedy cabaret and wanted to make a show with my comedy songs. As I made it became more and more centred around my experiences as a trans person and the more I delved the more passionate I became … Read more
I have been reading the original script for (F.E.A.R.). It was first developed in 2015 with the theatre director Agnieszka Blonska. We spent time working on it near her home of Mousehole in Cornwall, often punctuating the devising process with a brisk coastal walk. We dug into my memories and I wrote and improvised ideas based around my childhood and … Read more
I am a sleep walker and sleep talker. And it always gets worse when I am staying ina new house or new surroundings. For the last two weeks, I have been on tour, staying in new houses and new surroundings. However, I do not have my wife, Lilly with me who helps me in the night and lets me know … Read more
It’s past midnight, probably past 1am and Tom is upright. His arm is moving towards me. His body follows and a dark shadow moves over my body towards the window. He leans on me and says “Whoa whoa whoa woe, shhh shuuu” I have no idea what he is trying to do or what he is saying. He is … Read more
Nursing shortages. GP crisis. Doctors strike. You see it all the time. In the papers. On TV. What you never hear mentioned are healthcare scientists. Probably because most of them tend to be hidden away. Imagine a hospital as a play in a theatre. The actors on stage would be the doctors, nurses and other frontline staff you see when you visit. Healthcare scientists would … Read more
Following on from Camden People’s Theatre’s brilliant Come As You Are festival last year, the event is set to replicate its success with a UK tour this Autumn and will once again be headlined by Milk Presents’ Bullish, which tells of ancient mythology against modern gender navigation. The festival is a fantastic exploration of LGBTQIA+ theatre and the first tour of its kind, … Read more
About Nosocomial by Dr Elaine Cloutman-Green From the moment I met Nicola Baldwin I’ve been excited. Excited about the work she does, excited about the opportunities to connect with people about science in a completely different way, and excited to tell the stories of the amazing people I work with. People who are constantly striving to make a difference in the … Read more
I met Dr Elaine Cloutman-Green while researching another play. It says a lot about Elaine that as Lead Healthcare Scientist at Great Ormond Street Hospital and Clinical Lecturer at UCL (plus numerous other roles and responsibilities) she turned up as a member of the public to take part in a workshop run by Theatre of Debate about antimicrobial resistance. Elaine … Read more
So making art is hard! Especially when you’re in it. And I don’t mean that romantic sort of hard where self-medicating and mental health problems are glamourised. It’s just hard, the self doubt is real! In my desire to create a truly feminist space for Crimson Wave – Craft The Resistance, I was confronted with how I was unwittingly bringing a … Read more