My Work
One of my special dramaturgical gigs this year is working with Theatre Centre’s Natalie Wilson and the brilliant playwright Chino Odimba on Twist, a radical adaptation of Oliver Twist, following the passage of a young refugee from Syria into the UK. About...
Creativity
Oooooh….the rather brilliant 64 Million Artists folks have published their new report on Everyday Creativity. Drawn from three months of conversations with over 300 people it explores the role that the arts do and can play in society today. I’ve not read it yet but am...
Plot
I’m up early going through my external examining and was reminded of EM Forster’s definition of plot and story in one of the essays: “The King died and the Queen died” is story. “The King died and the Queen died of grief” is...
Dramaturgy
In 2014 I worked at the RSC as Associate Dramaturg on Midsummer Mischief. As part of the project they interviewed me for their in-house new work magazine about the role of the dramaturg. It was the first time I’d put my own definition in black and white and I found it...
Dramaturgy
“We need to shift the register of our thinking to gain new perspectives on our own experience.” I came across Ruth Little’s paper on the Dramaturg’s network site today. She calls for a dramaturgical thinking that is non-linear and instead concentrates on the...
Words
This morning, after days of rain, a waterlogged landscape is resting gently under a placid sky. Clouds have arranged themselves in neat strips, allowing clear bands of blue to permeate through. It’s not over, but for a moment, there’s pause. I am settling in the seat...
Creativity
Brainchild of Stella Duffy, Fun Palaces celebrated Joan Littlewood’s Centenary by creating ‘fun palaces’ in venues big and small all over the country! See here:...
Words
As I take the first steps back into work after my year with Tobias, I have been thinking a lot about what I want my practise to look like, how I want my working environment to be and what I have to offer. One of things I’ve been thinking a lot about is ‘how’ we work...
