promise to catch up and exploitation urge

I am going to play catch up in the morning when I am not so tired. I cannot believe it is so long since I have posted and so much good stuff has been happening. I’ve been teaching, I’ve been moping, I’ve been in the rehearsals (s0metimes) that I should be writing about.
On the not [...]

it’s all good

It really is.
I’ve been in rehearsals and it was fab. The play is going from strength to strength with the input of the team.
As I’ve mentioned before I don’t put in directions if I can help it, I don’t even think of the movement of the characters as I shepherd them through the story. I [...]

cool stuff and not so cool

Got in early and found most of the set in place and it looks fantastic. The bar is sturdy, imposing and it can and will be jumped on and yet the whole set can be in and out of a venue in a day. How clever. As I was alone I went behind the bar [...]

it’s not all learning lines

I have been very bad about keeping my blog up to date. I have been busy working on my new play which is going to be workshopped in April and is nowhere near finished and there is nothing like the threat of public humiliation to get me moving. I have also been teaching some [...]

I am a God

If you think about it - which I have - it’s true, sort of.
It was looking at all the pictures of the set that did it, then seeing the actors starting to inhabit their characters. I realised that the world and people I had created were being brought to life.
That’s what gods do, isn’t it, [...]

first day of rehearsals

Monday was the first day of rehearsals and it started with a big meet and greet with all the team apart from the associate producers from Hexham and South Shields who sadly hadn’t been able to make it to the Newcastle meeting.
It was all very civilised, lots of pastries and coffee, introductions and background to [...]

look at this because it is bloody fantastic:

How cool is this…..
please click on the above.
Little mini-me Pub Quiz set and then real Pub Quiz set in the process of being made. Photos, set design and mini world creation all from the wonderful Mila Sanders.
I can’t believe it’s all happening!

good stuff and usual whining, plus thoughts of revenge and wives

Good news, it looks like Pub Quiz is going to be published in time for production so it can be on sale at venues. I have been proofreading the copy which has thankfully been edited by John Adair who doesn’t miss a trick or any glaring errors either. I think my blog makes his eyes [...]