State of Play: Four Lessons Learnt by a Learner Producer
Since the start of this year I have been working with the theatre company Pip Productions on a piece of pedal-powered theatre called The Bicycle Thieves. We hav...
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Sometimes we all need a little Space
Sometimes we all need a little space. Sometimes your head just gets a little bit clogged up or starts swimming with a thousand ideas and projects. Sometimes we ...
Opera North IS Homophobic – An Opera’s Fiasco
I was saddened to read that an exciting community project at Opera North involving 400 participants has been axed due to a school having issues with the depiction of homosexuality. I was, however, dismayed and appalled by the response from Opera North and their comment “we can appreciate the viewpoint of the school about when they make the decision to teach PSHE to their pupils”.
Opera North isn’t Homophobic – An Opera’s Fiasco
I have written in defence of Twitter before (here, if you’re interested), but the Opera North/Lee Hall fiasco today reveals something that’s bad about s...
State of Play: Workshopping the ‘Beautiful and Damned’
When we found out a month ago that our writer Alex was heading down to London for a few days in June, my co-producer Nikki and I jumped at the chance to hol...
Filskit Theatre Blog: The Importance of ‘The Critic’
“There is only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.”
Oscar Wilde
After our debut performance of Snow White a...