Over The Top…

…and down the rollercoaster! One show down! Well that wasn’t so bad in the end. I had been really nervous about my lines, but I managed to do pretty well, I thought. I always get nervous about my lines, and you’d think that I would realise that it always goes well in the end. But… Continue reading Over The Top…

First Night Tonight

“No turning back now, this is for real…” The props are boxed and ready. The costumes are laid out. The script is memorised (honest). The tickets are selling. The crew are awaiting instructions. The cast are at work until this afternoon. The theatre is empty (hopefully). The pep-emails are flying. The Facebook is updated. The… Continue reading First Night Tonight

TCFW Props Workshop 1

How To Make Alien Insect Goggles You will need: 2x cheap white plastic tea strainers white fabric elastic craft knife scissors sticky plasters and up-to-date tetanus innoculation antibacterial cleaning materials metal skewer open flame, like a gas hob oven glove Instructions: With the craft knife, cut off the parts of the tea strainers that rest… Continue reading TCFW Props Workshop 1

They Came From Woking / Scriptless Wonder 2007

Gawd help me, here I go again! This time it’s a double bill – They Came From Woking is a new play by my good friend Kristen, about a UFO-obsessed nerd who learns that his planet is being invaded, and in the meantime learns a few things about life as well… And then it’s a… Continue reading They Came From Woking / Scriptless Wonder 2007

Oppenheimers Deadly Toy

So I woke up suddenly at 4am today, in a cold sweat, becuase I had been dreaming there had been a nuclear war, and I was living in the grisly aftermath. I didn’t eat cheese before bed, I hadn’t been watching anything like ‘Threads’ or ‘The War Game’. So what the hell is going on?… Continue reading Oppenheimers Deadly Toy

LA Story 9 – Monday 2 April – Cafe Culture

More ancient notes from the Moleskine…this must be it by now… ~ After a short morning visit to the dog park, we went for some breakfast at a café next to the musical conservatoire owned by Chilli Pepper Flea. Through the windows we could see lots of aspiring cellists and clarinetists jumping around in their… Continue reading LA Story 9 – Monday 2 April – Cafe Culture

Conrad Veidt and Cold School Mornings

When I was growing up, and going to school on cold Autumn mornings, my Mum used to listen to Terry Wogan on Radio 2 in the kitchen – it wasn’t a hip ‘n’ trendy household. I used to trudge downstairs despondently, eat my Ready Brek in the hope that the red glow that the advertisers… Continue reading Conrad Veidt and Cold School Mornings

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Sorrento Travelogue 2 – Pompeii and Herculaneum and Rain

This is getting ridiculous, I know, but these entries have been hanging around in my email for ages. Finally I present the second part of the Sorrento Travelogue… Saturday was a nice lazy day, breakfast, strolls, lunch by the beach, walking up the cliff because we missed the last lift, resting, naps, dinner and bed.… Continue reading Sorrento Travelogue 2 – Pompeii and Herculaneum and Rain