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Journey through ‘The House – researching theatre, performance and poverty’ (Studies in Theatre and Performance Special Issue Vol 31:1) Signpost 3: Audience Responses to The House ‘The House’ didn’t do the usual touring route so no Guardian review for this one or any other newspaper review as a matter of fact. We chose a different way and invited essays or short …
I dream them and I work them out in my daily life. I bought a couple of months of unlimited time on ancestry.co.uk and it took over my life so I had to come off it. But the ancestors leave thumb prints all over me. They just won’t go away. They walk alongside me and tap my shoulder every …
I am so happy to be back at my Cumbrian outpost. This coming weekend I am joined by a group of creative people who bring their talent and ideas to work on something that requires “not knowing”. It’s a brave state of mind to be in and marks the beginning of several new pieces of work we will create inspired …
It has been tumultuous recently with Brexit, the Labour party machinations and the disturbing power struggles of people who would lead us. I have always been of the socialist persuasion but I wouldn’t call myself very active. However this time I have been compelled to do something because for once I have seen the actions and example of a leader …
I have three jobs at the moment. I have often thought you can’t serve two masters but now I think you can serve three mistresses. Mistress One Since I last wrote I have been working on writing towards a publication about The House with Jenny Hughes which will come out next January in a journal called Studies in Theatre …
I wrote something new on The House working diary pages about books. It’s a bit of a meandering around the word approaching its uses in that piece of work which I have just performed for the Gendered Citizenship and Performance Conference at the University of Warwick (that is actually in Coventry) – old tramping ground (Note: I use tramping in …
I was introduced to this woman by Audrey Steeley the Creative Projects Manager at Heron Corn Mill. She sent me a copy of House of Letters (a collection of her correspondences) written by Ernest Betham in 1905. Of course you will see the link here – Betham (Beetham – where the mill is – it’s the family associated with the …
I have completed this year’s work on The House but I will continue to write about it on the poor theatres blog in the section called Working Diary – The House. There is a lot to say now that it is out of the box so to speak. If you are interested you can read a response from an audience …