Second Performance Feat. Tumbleweeds

Wednesday 30th April  A morale-boosting rumour that the Ambassador’s-owned Studio is making a right mess of selling tickets. Here’s a selection: £30 a ticket! (wrong) The show started tonight (wrong) The show is called The Bans (wrong) The programme is in place now, at least. I made a typo in my biog, so I apparently… Continue reading Second Performance Feat. Tumbleweeds

The Case Of The Invisible Corpse

Tuesday 29 April  As first nights go, it wasn’t so bad. Audience was around the 10 mark, but appreciative. The problem with serious stuff is that you get very little feedback during the performance. In comedies, they hopefully laugh. Sometimes they even laugh at the bits you expect them to. But give them credit, because… Continue reading The Case Of The Invisible Corpse

A Bit Of Theatre Background

For those looking at this site for the first time (Welcome Thebans!), I have a database of the plays and stuff I’ve done over the years. I made it myself, so it’s a bit clunky, but it has entries for each play, each company and each venue. Take a look! Main Theatrical Menu – with links… Continue reading A Bit Of Theatre Background

Getting In And Getting On

Ah, the get-in. I have talked about these before. This one was slightly different, in that I didn’t know my lines yet (haha yes I heard that). At least this time I had an excuse. However, by the end of the (very long) day, with the help of Julian, Georgina and Suzie, I was off-book… Continue reading Getting In And Getting On

Sterile Platforms and Cheese Straws

Last night I joined M at the RSA for a fascinating and entertaining lecture by Jonathan Zittrain to launch his new book The Future Of The Internet: And How To Stop It. Sadly this purpose was rather undermined by the fact that they gave away free hardback copies of the book, which Jay-Z was then happy to… Continue reading Sterile Platforms and Cheese Straws

See, Creon Approaches

Well, the metaphorical curtain goes up next Tuesday, and there’s a lot of work to be done in the meantime. Luckily, I’m only in one half of the show (Oedipus Rex and not Antigone) while everyone else is doubling up across the two halves. So when they were rehearsing Part 2 last night, I was… Continue reading See, Creon Approaches

First Glimpse Of Theban Gang

I went to my first rehearsal for Oedipus Rex yesterday. It was in the familiar William Morris rooms, and the director is well known to me. My friend D is also in the play, and it so happened I’d seen her the night before for a surprise birthday dinner in her honour. I’d got a… Continue reading First Glimpse Of Theban Gang

Stop! Motion!

Cassie’s neighbour Matt made this stop-motion Lego (plus other toys) video with his son. It’s pretty cool, and the music is great. It’s called Physical Evidence, but I can’t make out the artist name. Any ideas? Everyone Goes “Bye-Bye” from Connor T. on Vimeo. Edit: I did have the video embedded in this post, but… Continue reading Stop! Motion!

Once More Unto The Breach…

…oh no wait that was the other one. So it would appear that I’m in another play, which I didn’t expect. K called me and asked me if I wanted a part in her adaptation of Oedipus Rex because Oedipus had dropped out. It goes up in two weeks time, and with a rejig of… Continue reading Once More Unto The Breach…

Earache Gig: A Silver Mount Zion, Scala

In an effort to try and get out more and see more gigs, I crawled out of my jetlag to go and see A Silver Mount Zion And Tralala Orchestra at the Scala on Monday with Jimson and his neighbour, all three of us ex-members of The Lurking Fear some-conquering pub quiz team. We met in… Continue reading Earache Gig: A Silver Mount Zion, Scala