It has been a week since the Edinburgh Fringe Festival ended, and since then I have had time to reflect over a project that has taken up the majority of my time this year. It has been a wonderful journey that has placed unexpected surprises at each turning point, I can look back on it … Continue reading Thanks and Credits
Why did I want to direct?
Here we are! Devising done. Preview performed. And only the magnitude of the Edinburgh Fringe in our sight. Needless to say, I have learnt so much about the process of putting on a play in the last few months, and it is crazy to think that just a little over two weeks ago, The Apology … Continue reading Why did I want to direct?
What does it mean to ‘act’?
Perhaps at the most surface level (but also perhaps the most concise), acting is seen as the art of embodying someone other than yourself with the goal to entertain. This is certainly evident by the giants of the industry; the success of the Marvel movies, or Game of Thrones. And this assumption is largely correct, … Continue reading What does it mean to ‘act’?
Who invented Theatre?
It would seem unlikely that any early human civilisation deprived itself from the privilege of dancing. It is no surprise that we associate the most important aspects of our lives with the heart, for in this vulnerable organ contains the fundamental component of dance: rhythm. Maintained within our extraordinarily complex understanding of this inbuilt capacity, … Continue reading Who invented Theatre?
What should you look for at the Fringe?
I’ve been told, firstly as an actor but now from multiple producers in the profession about how tough and demanding the Edinburgh Fringe can be. Whether financial commitments begin to wreak absolute havoc on a project, or whether once you get to the festival itself, performing to on average eight vaguely uninterested tourists every day … Continue reading What should you look for at the Fringe?
What should you keep in mind when putting on a Fringe show?
From visiting the Fringe last year, for the first time in the last three years not as a performer, I made a promise that this year, whether or not I was involved in production or as an actor, I would be involved in a show going up to the Fringe. As it turns out, I’m … Continue reading What should you keep in mind when putting on a Fringe show?
Why Socrates?
If you had asked me four years ago how much I knew about Socrates, I would only have been able to give you the minimal response: "An Ancient Greek philosopher" and then the image of the white-bearded, old man would play in the foreground of my mind - but I knew nothing about when he … Continue reading Why Socrates?
Why am I Writing?
I remember in February uttering the words: "Everything seems so easy" to Henry. And I was right at the time. It had been relatively simple. We had secured a lovely venue at theSpace on North Bridge within a week of applying, and were looking at properties in which we could stay for the duration of … Continue reading Why am I Writing?
The Socratic Method 